The 2024–25 seasonal influenza vaccine doesn’t prevent H5N1 bird flu but could play a pivotal role in preventing a pandemic, the CDC says.
Bird-Flu Pandemic Threat Seen Waning
"Those hybrid strains can be especially dangerous to humans, and these are the strains that we worry couldspark a pandemic," Gounder said. Does bird flu affect eggs? Bird flu continues to affect theavailability and price of eggsas the disease hits farms and wipes out flocks. ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued conditional approval for a bird flu vaccine for use in chickens. There have been at least 68 confirmed cases of bird flu among humans since 2024, according to the CDC. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline
As bird flu becomes a growing threat, Moderna is awarded $590M to develop mRNA pandemic influenza vaccines BY Lindsey Leake January 23, 2025 Health Bird flu could merge with seasonal flu to make mutated virus that could spread among humans, CDC warns BY Lindsey Leake January 3,...
Is a bird flu pandemic possible? While it’s possible for bird flu to cause a pandemic (a dangerous, worldwide outbreak of illness), it’s unlikely. It can only happen if the virus mutates, or changes so that it’s easier for people to give it to each other and not just get it ...
Cow udders have lots of bird-like flu virus receptors but no human-like ones, a study has found, meaning there’s no reason for the virus to evolve to become better at infecting people
Although the H1N1 "swine flu" pandemic strain contained some bird flu genes, it was not the same strain as the original H5N1 bird flu. The virus spreads through infected birds shedding the virus in their saliva, nasal secretions, and droppings. Healthy birds get infected when they come into ...
virus, known as H5N1, and to develop vaccine candidates. The spectre of a new human influenza pandemic, similar to that which killed millions in 1918, looms over their effort. Pandemics arise when bird or pig flu viruses jump the species barrier to humans and mutate into highly contagious ...
farmworkers, livestock veterinarians are at risk of bird flu infections. The study results could help protect them. And having fewer infections would lessen the chance of the H5N1 bird flu virus evolving within a person to spread efficiently between people — the gateway to a bird flu pandemic...