Is it seasonal flu or bird flu? CDC prompts hospitals to fast-track subtype testing of sick patients to tell the difference.

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers wrote.

The shots rely on the same mRNA technology that was used to create COVID-19 vaccines. In recent weeks, scientists led by a team at the CDC reported that an mRNA-based H5N1 vaccine helped ferrets ...

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

No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...

For example, research led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that an mRNA-based H5N1 vaccine induced strong antibody responses in ferrets, which could survive lethal ...

To address the rising bird flu cases, the US government has committed $590 million to fast-track Moderna's mRNA bird flu ...

One of the ways the CDC has stepped up its surveillance of H5N1 infections in people is by ... term manufacturing capability of an RNA-based vaccine platform technology to combat evolving 21st ...

CDC said the public risk remains low ... is working on an updated mRNA H5N1 vaccine. Other players, including Pfizer and GSK (in collaboration with CureVac), are testing similar candidates.