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As bird flu hits cattle herds in U.S., scientists say these H5N1 factors worry them most
Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...
Bird flu, feared as a possible pandemic, poses growing risk to people as pathogen spreads, scientists warn
More than 100 federal scientists who track bird flu, including vaccine and food safety experts, have been laid off. This comes as the deadly pathogen rips through dairy herds and poultry flocks.
Scientists Found Bird Flu in Dairy Cows – Here’s Why That’s Terrifying
H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover ...
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HHS Announces Plans to Pay Moderna $176 Million for mRNA Flu Vaccine
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the government will invest $176 million in ...
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Vaccine Stocks Rise on Growing Threat of Bird Flu Infections
Some vaccine makers mentioned above are already developing a vaccine for bird flu. An article from Barron’s reported that Moderna is evaluating its bird flu vaccine in a mid-stage study.
Bird flu studies show variant from 2016 was one mutation away from binding to human receptors
A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able ...
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Is the world heading towards a bird flu pandemic?
Fears the world is heading towards another pandemic are growing, as new data shows the spread of the deadly bird flu virus ...