US dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and dumb luck – with a new strain spreading fast, will Americans get lucky again?
With the devastating 1918 pandemic in mind, US health officials saw an outbreak in Asia and swung into action. What happened ...
New Strain Of Bird Flu Detected For The First Time In Nevada Dairy Cows
Yet another new strain of bird flu was confirmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week in milk samples collected from dairy cows in ...
Flu is so bad right now that schools across the country are closing
Schools around the country are closing due to surges of flu and other illnesses which are sickening students and staff. Here's what parents need to know.
A deadly bird flu strain is headed for Australia – and First Nations people have the know-how to tackle it
Indigenous peoples have been largely excluded from the federal government’s planning for the arrival of H5N1. When will this ...
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Do you have the flu? Watch out for these 2025 symptoms, from mild to emergency
The more accurate flu tests—reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), viral culture, and immunofluorescence assays—require a health care provider to swipe the back of your ...
As bird flu becomes a growing threat, Moderna is awarded $590M to develop mRNA pandemic influenza vaccines
No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...