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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering a potential plan to vaccinate poultry against bird flu for the first time ...
Since the summer, the U.S. has begun preparing about 10 million doses of a vaccine that they think will be effective against H5N1 bird flu. Federal officials have elected not to use the vaccine ...
Scientists announced this week that a vaccine under development has demonstrated the ability to protect mice against a deadly variant of bird flu. The University of Buffalo researchers say that ...
The federal government granted animal health company Zoetis a conditional license for its avian influenza vaccine for use in chickens as bird flu outbreaks continue to devastate flocks across the ...
A New Jersey pharmaceutical company has received a "conditional license" for its bird flu vaccine for use in chickens. The vaccine, developed by Zoetis, targets the H5N2 subtype of avian influenza ...
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 ...
As fears grow of a possible bird flu pandemic in humans, the federal government is pouring more money into the development of new vaccines, including an mRNA shot. On Friday, the Department of ...
Biden administration officials said Wednesday they have no current plans to authorize a stockpiled bird flu vaccine, despite an escalating outbreak among livestock in the U.S. and at least 58 ...
In this sprawling factory, sheltered by thick pine groves, workers at CSL Seqirus are bottling millions of doses of a new vaccine targeting the H5N1 bird flu virus. The virus, which first emerged ...
A third person in the U.S. has been hospitalized and one person has died due to bird flu. A new vaccine for poultry was just approved, so will we also need a bird flu vaccine for people?
There could be some hope when it comes to the battle against bird flu, as a vaccine has been developed that could protect poultry from the sickness. There are two kinds of bird flu — low ...