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The new nasal vaccine only needs one dose and produces reliable immunity right at the site where the virus enters the body.
The federal government is allocating an additional $1 billion to combat the avian bird flu leading to culling and high egg ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — Researchers have identified nine mutations in a bird flu strain from a person in Texas. Bad news: this strain is more capable of causing disease and replicates better in the brain.
A new bird flu outbreak has been confirmed as the virus continues to spread across the U.S. The deadly H7N9 strain was detected on a poultry farm in Noxubee, Mississippi, last week, for the first ...
Zoetis received conditional USDA approval for an avian flu vaccine. Major poultry and dairy organizations back vaccine use to control the virus. The Trump administration is rolling out a new ...
HHS was also hosting regular news briefings on developments related to the outbreak, but there hasn’t been a briefing on bird flu since Trump ... was to contract with Moderna to make a vaccine ...
It was a first for cows last March when the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the highly pathogenic avian flu virus ...
Several U.S. Department of Agriculture employees who worked on the agency's bird flu response will leave at the end of April, straining the federal capacity to monitor the spread of the virus, ...
Immigration raids and threats have undermined efforts, according to researchers. This is a KFF Health News story. Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the ...