Q&A: Why Finland is vaccinating farmers against bird flu — but California isn’t — and more info about the spreading virus What to know about the bird flu outbreak as concerns about cases grow ...

The nation’s 200,000 livestock workers face the risk of being simultaneously exposed to seasonal flu and H5N1 bird flu, which could create a more dangerous virus.

Two dairy workers in California have tested positive for bird flu amid a multistate outbreak in cows. The new positive tests bring the total number of human highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1 ...

As farmers across the US struggle to contain a deadly bird flu virus, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is considering adding animal vaccines to its strategy for controlling the outbreak.

The United States and Canada have lifted embargoes on certain French poultry imports imposed after Paris decided to vaccinate ducks against bird flu in October 2023, the French agriculture ...

As bird flu wreaks havoc across the United States, with devastating consequences for birds, dairy herds, and even humans, the decision not to vaccinate poultry has increasingly come under scrutiny.

GSK Plc, Sanofi, and CSL Ltd. secured $72 million from the US government to ramp up production of bird flu vaccines as a nationwide outbreak among livestock and poultry has led to several human ...

Vaccinating farmworkers would not reduce the number of people who become severely infected with bird flu, Bhadelia said, but she thinks they should be offered it as part of a research trial.

Avian influenza, or bird flu, has been spreading in U.S. dairy cows for more than a year now and has infected several dozen dairy workers.

As flu season nears, Europe is increasing surveillance for human cases of H5N1 influenza, also known as bird flu. As reported by the Telegraph, new guidelines from the European Centre for Disease ...

Fact check: RFK Jr.'s faulty advice on bird flu Poultry vaccines are available, and countries including Mexico, France, Egypt and China use vaccines against bird flu in poultry ...

The United States has so far avoided vaccination as a strategy to eradicating bird flu in poultry, instead relying on culling infected flocks. With the escalating outbreak driving up egg prices to ...