The UK Government has signed a contract for over five million doses of a human H5N1 influenza vaccine to enhance the country’s preparedness for a potential H5 influenza pandemic. These vaccines, ...

Tests have identified a high pathogenic H7N6 subtype of avian influenza. Tests show the virus is unrelated to an H7 strain that was identified in Australia earlier this year. The sequencing of the ...

Is pasteurization a safe solution for milk infected with the bird flu virus? Does the high rate of infection among dairy herds in the U.S. with the bird flu virus not endanger public health, and is ...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued a second warning to Californians advising against the consumption of raw milk produced and packaged by Raw Farm, LLC of Fresno County due ...

California has identified a possible bird flu case in a child in Alameda County who was tested for mild upper respiratory symptoms. The child, who has been treated, is recovering at home. They had no ...

This article was originally published in mBio 2024 Nov 13 |This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

As of November 20, 2024, 616 dairy farms in the U.S. have tested positive for the bird flu virus since the first reported case on March 25, 2024. Contrary to expectations of a decline in cases ...

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