WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a massive $306 million investment toward bolstering America’s defenses against H5N1 Avian Flu.

Since 2020, a deadly strain of avian influenza, H5N1, has spread more widely than ... A long cotton swab – akin to those in Covid-19 test kits – is used to take a sample of genetic material ...

Doctors should use infection control measures if a hospitalized patient has suspected, probable, or confirmed H5N1, putting the patient in an airborne infection isolation room with negative pressure, ...

The CDC and MDH are advising health care providers to order further laboratory testing on positive influenza A specimens ...

Food borne pathogens like salmonella are responsible for billions of dollars in losses to the U.S. economy and serious gastrointestinal illnesses that can land some people in the hospital.

Third, researchers must continue to develop and test medical countermeasures -- such as vaccines and therapies that eliminate or alleviate disease -- against H5N1 and other influenza viruses.

H5N1 Virus Outbreak News: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an emergency warning for the H5N1 avian influenza virus, also known as bird flu. The virus, which has ...

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has issued a new health advisory, guiding providers to test for avian influenza ... concerns that the non-seasonal H5N1 bird flu, which is a type of ...

H5N1 infection requires a rapid response because domestic poultry mortality rates exceed 90 percent. Last weekend, 60 geese, swans, and ducks were found dead in Plymouth, Massachusetts ...