The Trump administration has not staffed an office established by Congress to prepare the nation for future pandemics, ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus is mutating to evade immune defenses in mammals following prior infection or vaccination.

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 ...

South African poultry industry suffers R1. 8 billion in losses as experts warn of potential human transmission risks from the ...

The risk that bird flu poses to the general public is low, according to the CDC, but a major focus of OPPR’s efforts had been to ready the nation to respond in the event the virus changed or ...

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 ...

The pandemic stretched us—our communication, our science, our distribution networks, even what it means to be a good citizen ...

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...