Spanish flu pandemic was caused by a particularly virulent strain of influenza virus. It infected 500 million people, caused ...

Vaccinating poultry against bird flu is still not allowed in the UK despite a rise in farm outbreaks.

Last year, Moderna completed a Phase I/II clinical trial of an investigational influenza vaccine called mRNA-1018, which was tested against H5 and H7 bird flu subtypes. The company said in a Jan ...

“Although individual vaccines have been developed and approved for use in humans against SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses, ...

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

The US Department of HHS is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu.

Suresh Mittal, Distinguished Professor of Virology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, presented “Universal Influenza Vaccine — An Aspiration or Reality?” at the Westwood Lecture Series on Jan. 28.

Dr. Matthew Simmons, UPMC Western Maryland vice president of medical staff affairs, said vaccines provide the "single most powerful intervention" that have saved lives. He recently discussed the ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has granted millions of dollars to Moderna to speed up bird flu vaccine development.

The government wants Moderna to push forward with various bird flu vaccines as well as mRNA shots for other influenza strains ...

The flu is linked to about 3,000-49,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations each year in the U.S. The seasonal flu vaccine was created to help prevent these epidemics. Type A flu or influenza A ...

Dec. 13, 2024 — Influenza or flu virus remains infectious in refrigerated raw milk for up to five days, according to a new study. The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a ...