Moderna and other vaccine maker shares jump after first US bird flu death

Moderna surged as investors turned eyed potential demand for a vaccine to protect against bird flu after the US reported its ...
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Human patient with bird flu dies in Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, La. -- The first person has died of bird flu in the United States, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed on Monday. The patient, who was exposed to non-commercial backyard flock ...

Bird flu viruses

Avian influenza - more commonly known as bird flu - is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. It is adapted to birds, but ...
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Expanded susceptibility and transmission in circulating avian influenza viruses reshape wild bird mortality

Johanna Harvey, an assistant professor of wildlife disease ecology at the University of Rhode Island, has described bird flu in public presentations as a quiet virus with loud consequences. Now, she's ...
Medical Xpress

A bird flu vaccine for humans is being trialed—here's how it works

The first ever avian influenza vaccine recently started trials in the US. This marks a milestone in the prevention of bird flu infections in humans. The vaccine targets the H5N1 flu strain, which ...