Georgia leads the nation in poultry production. To protect it, Athens researchers are seeking vaccines against avian flu outbreaks. Georgia leads the nation in poultry production.

H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally ...

The Georgia Department of Agriculture, along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, confirmed on Friday, Jan. 17, the a positive case of bird flu – highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI ...

A TLANTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A second commercial case of avian influenza, or the “bird flu,” has been confirmed in northeast Georgia, according to the Georgia Department of Agriculture.

Influenza viruses like bird flu can mix and match their genomes, and this has played a role in at least three of the last ...

The risk of human infection with avian influenza during poultry outbreaks is very low. Larry Gierer: 706-571-8581 , @lagierer This story was originally published March 30, 2017 at 4:42 PM.

In 2023, Moderna commenced a Phase 1/2 study to generate safety and immunogenicity data for an investigational pandemic influenza vaccine (mRNA-1018) candidate against the H5 and H7 avian ...

MACON, Ga. — Georgia's poultry industry is facing a serious challenge. Avian Influenza, also known as the bird flu, was detected in a second poultry commercial operation in Georgia this past ...

Georgia poultry owners are being urged to closely monitor their flocks and report any sudden increase in sickness or deaths to the Avian Influenza Hotline at 770-766-6850.

An outbreak of bird flu could disrupt the supply of fresh poultry if it spreads through Georgia. A deadly strain of Avian Influenza has been found on a commercial turkey farm in Indiana, a chicken ...

Avian influenza, particularly the H5N1 strain, has been widespread in wild birds and migratory birds and has infected numerous commercial poultry farming operations, around the U.S. and around the ...