The public health risk remains low, but bird flu variants have proven to be unpredictable, which is why the virus is a top ...

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

The U.S. government has awarded Moderna $590 million to advance the development of its bird flu vaccine, as the country ...

Around the same time, a senior in Louisiana was diagnosed with the first "severe" case in the U.S. As bird flu continues to ramp up, many are wondering what tools—namely, vaccines—we have to ...

Autism-related vaccine disinformation feels so 2012 ... and another Trump administration poised to take over amid bird flu fears, just after 1.2 million Americans died in the last pandemic.

Federal health officials said that the viruses from the Louisiana patient were closely related to so-called candidate viruses that manufacturers already have available for making bird flu vaccine.

The Biden administration should approve a vaccine for the H5N1 bird flu virus, according to a former state health commissioner who warns cases in humans have been undercounted due to limited testing.

The U.S. has developed a bird flu vaccine that can be prepared when needed. It’s not currently available because health officials haven’t deemed it necessary.