Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Swabs from birds’ mouths are placed in tubes and tested for avian influenza virus. (Photo by Erica Spackman/USDA) Nearly two dozen ...

The United States Deptartment of Agriculture recently awarded scientists at Binghamton University $2.5 million to develop a next-generation avian flu vaccine. The grant is part of an overall $100 ...

Outbreaks of avian flu at U.S. poultry farms led to more than $1.5 billion in losses over the last two years and drove egg ...

Are seasonal flu antibodies also effective against avian flu? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has shown that a specific type of antibody associated with the former virus - already present ...

Finland was the first country to offer the zoonotic avian influenza A (H5N8) vaccine manufactured by Seqirus to at-risk occupational groups following the extensive clade 2.3.4.4b A (H5N1) outbreak ...

Scientists have developed a nasal vaccine to protect against bird flu. The corresponding study was published in Cell Reports ...

Are seasonal flu antibodies also effective against avian flu? A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has shown that a ...

Arkansas officials are warning people to avoid handling sick or dead wild birds, as they can spread avian influenza to domestic poultry, people, and pets.

Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Nearly two dozen U.S. senators urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a letter, to “prioritize” a vaccine strategy for the highly pathogenic avian influenza. The ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Nearly two dozen U.S. senators urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a letter, to “prioritize” a ...