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

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US officials are investigating the appearance of a strain of bird flu identified in the US for the first time, a worrying ...

By Apoorva Mandavilli Apoorva Mandavilli covered the Covid-19 and mpox outbreaks, and has tracked the spread of H5N1 since 2003 ... holds a few million doses of vaccine against bird flu.

Since 2023, Moderna has been working to create a "pandemic influenza vaccine" which would help protect against certain ...

Detected on a duck farm in Merced County, California ... shows that H5N1 is starting to mix genetic material with other influenza viruses, “which is concerning”, said vaccine expert Peter ...

A CHILD tested positive for H5N1 bird flu after experiencing conjunctivitis, health officials have confirmed. The patient, from San Francisco, California ... doses of a vaccine against the ...

First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment ...

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Notably California, Colorado, Washington and Oregon have been heavily impacted by H5N1. Wastewater surveillance ... each one escaping both the vaccine and infection-based immunity of previous ...