Researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have developed a new, proof-of-concept vaccine to protect people from the bird flu strain currently circulating in the United States. The team, led ...

Health officials maintain that the public health risk for the general public remains low Getty Scientists found in a new study that the bird flu was detected in the air on some dairy farms In addition ...

The bird flu virus that has beset dairy farms since early last year may be spreading through the air in so-called milking parlors and through contaminated wastewater, as well as from milking equipment ...

In unpublished research, researchers found live virus on equipment, in wastewater and in the air in so-called milking parlors. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes The bird flu virus that has beset ...

Some people may already have a tiny bit of protection against H5N1 bird flu. Several recent studies have found that those who caught seasonal flus or received flu vaccinations have low levels of ...

Bird flu swept through more than 75% of California’s 1,000 dairy farms since August 2024, sickening cattle and leading to steep declines in milk production. Federal aid helped farmers recover losses. ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A new state health department survey says more education on bird flu is needed, especially among people considered most at risk. Cam Datanagan raises pigeons. When released, ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. >> Most respondents (84%) were aware the H5N1 variant ...

On July 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially declared the end of its emergency response to H5N1 avian flu as a health threat to humans that was activated April 4, 2024. On July ...

Dairy and poultry workers, many of them immigrants, have been disproportionately infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus and their cooperation would be crucial should another outbreak occur. Bird flu ...

More than 140 domestic cats in the country have been infected with bird flu since 2022. While the likelihood of your cat getting bird flu is rare, the recent increase in cats who've contracted the ...

For months, bird flu was seemingly everywhere in the U.S.: news headlines reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus was rapidly sweeping through hundreds of herds of dairy cattle and ...