But vaccine uptake has been low there due to vaccine hesitancy and workers not perceiving bird flu as a "high threat," said Dr. Richard Webby, a virologist at St. Jude’s Research Hospital, in ...

Scientists concerned over eggs for bird flu vaccine 03:19 Even a peep of news about a new flu pandemic is enough to set scientists clucking about eggs. They worried about them in 2005, and in 2009 ...

Federal health officials announced Friday they are providing $72 million to vaccine manufacturers to help ensure currently available bird flu vaccines are ready-to-use, if needed.. There are ...

But vaccine uptake has been low there due to vaccine hesitancy and workers not perceiving bird flu as a "high threat," said Dr. Richard Webby, a virologist at St. Jude’s Research Hospital, in ...

An experimental bird flu vaccine just saw success in trial — here’s when it could be used to save poultry - Rampant bird flu has torn across America’s livestock, sickened farm workers and ...

As the bird flu outbreak continues to spread among poultry, cows and people, experts discuss the possible need for a bird flu vaccine and if we already have one.

The federal government began working with Moderna in 2023 to develop mRNA influenza vaccines. In addition to the bird flu vaccine targeting the strain currently in the U.S., called H5N1, the ...

Although a candidate bird flu vaccine has not yet been made commercially available, medical experts advise that people should get it once it is. Dr. Linda Yancey, an expert in infectious diseases ...

Federal health officials say the U.S. has the building blocks to make a vaccine to protect humans from bird flu, if needed. But experts warn we're nowhere near prepared for another pandemic.

This new bird flu vaccine replaces the H5N1 strain with the circulating virus. The first human trials for the new vaccine have begun, starting with healthy people to ensure the vaccine triggers ...

While a bird flu vaccine rollout isn't necessary yet, the experts say, we may need it if certain conditions arise. So far in this outbreak, there have been 68 human cases of bird flu in the U.S ...