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Instead of going to the pharmacy to get the annual flu vaccine, many people in the US will now be able to get it shipped to their door to take …

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed a controversial recommendation July 23 from a vaccine panel that advised removing thimerosal from all influenza vaccines. Thimerosal is a preservative that has …

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins recently provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s comprehensive, five-pronged strategy announced in February to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). After reaching …

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. This is the final episode of our three-part series on bird flu. (You can listen to episode one here and …

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO, June 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering a potential plan to vaccinate poultry against bird flu for the first time that includes evaluating how …

It was 1996 when my husband was transferred to the small rural town of Healesville for work. In inner-city Melbourne, where we’d been living, we had a support network of …

The highly pathogenic avian influenza has established itself globally. Purdue University researchers have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test that is suitable for use in field settings. Photo by Joshua …

Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test Researchers have tested an mRNA vaccine against avian influenza in calves with promising results By Humberto Basilio & Nature magazine As bird …

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The world’s top poultry exporter Brazil said on Friday it …

Several states, including Colorado, Texas, Michigan, Ohio and California, experienced outbreaks in dairy herds throughout the summer and fall. In all, 17 states have detected the virus in dairy cattle, …