A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of Pittsburgh and NIH Vaccine Research Center researchers report today in ...

H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the ...

Sec. Mike Naig says the U.S. government is using what he describes as a three-legged stool approach to address the virus in ...

Health authorities need to be concerned about bird flu, but the risk to the public is low. You’re reading The Checkup With Dr ...

Moderna has been awarded approximately $590 million from the federal government to help speed up the development of an ...

But each is deeply flawed, experts said. The Department of Agriculture was slow to begin testing H5N1 vaccines for cows, leaving interested companies in limbo. Dr. Marrazzo said that the ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces high-stakes Senate hearings as he seeks confirmation for Health Secretary. This live blog is now ...

Researchers at Texas Biomed have identified nine mutations in a strain of bird flu found in a person in Texas. Bad news: This ...

San Francisco confirmed that a child in the city became the first case of H5N1. A panel of biotech leaders discussed what ...

While drugmakers are hard at work on the shots, they’re not yet ready to blunt the impact of a potential pandemic.