A Massachusetts biopharma giant is at the center of preparations already underway if bird flu mutates and begins to find ...

The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine that could be used to treat bird flu in people, as concern grows about ...

While the virus hasn’t made a sustained leap into humans, vaccines and treatments are being developed ahead of an outbreak.

Bird flu has decimated poultry flocks and infected cattle herds. The risk to humans is currently low, but that could easily ...

Bird flu is infecting more people than we think. We need to stop it now before a new pandemic begins Right after President ...

Waterfowl birds and their predators are especially at risk of contracting H5N1. Massachusetts has not yet reported a human ...

To that end, HHS has granted Moderna $590 million to help accelerate the development of a bird flu vaccine. The agency announced its backing of the Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical firm about 72 ...

Another late-2024 study found that viral shedding, the expulsion of viral particles, in the air related to transmissibility ...

The number of bird flu cases in Central Massachusetts is relatively low, compared to a swath of the state that runs from ...

Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. Havoc has followed on farms and in grocery stores and concerns mount for human health.