"This type of prevention can be very useful in controlling infection outbreaks and containing the bird flu pandemic," said an ...

The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...

Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the ...

Public health officials are closely monitoring the latest bird flu outbreak that has sickened or killed millions of birds, chicken and cattle in the U.S. The virus, also known as avian influenza or ...

A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of ...

To learn more about the recent bird flu outbreaks, we spoke with Asha Shah, MD, director of infectious diseases and ...

All nine macaques given the control developed severe disease when exposed to bird flu, as did all given the smallest dose of ...

This week, the World Organization for Animal Health reported that it had been notified by the USDA that a November outbreak ...

Scientists found that a moderate dose of MEDI8852, an antibody therapy, effectively protected monkeys against severe H5N1 avian flu.

A new strain of H5N9 bird flu was detected at a commercial duck operation in California's Merced County. All the ducks were ...

The antibody targets a stable part of the bird flu virus, ensuring that the immune protection can resist new variants and offer long-term protection against the globally spreading airborne infection.