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Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...
Health officials in California are now offering gift cards to encourage folks near farms to get tested for bird flu.
Dubbed the Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing or AFAST project, some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift ...
Health officials in Vietnam have reported a severe H5N1 avian flu infection in an 8-year-old girl who is experiencing ...
Vietnam has reported its first human case of H5N1 avian flu in 2025, involving an 8-year-old girl who is currently hospitalized with severe symptoms, including encephalitis. This case highlights the ...
As spring weather sets in, fears of a bird flu pandemic have not materialized, and there is less cause for worry than there was in the winter. Experts say the ...
Proven effective for COVID-19, vaccine platform could be key in responding to evolving bird flu strains A developmental ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses were found in 38 people in CA from Sept. 30 to Dec. 24, 2024, including the first pediatric case in the US.
As per the recent observations a growing number of H5N1 avian influenza infections in U.S. specially in dairy cattle has ...
As the spring progresses in the northern hemisphere, the number of reported highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) ...
A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as 2.3.4.4b, which has ...
We have had some exposures and those individuals have shown up to the emergency department with symptoms. They did not have H5N1, as I mentioned, and thankfully they knew to mention that they were ...