A number of dead birds have been found along the shoreline in Lyme Regis sparking fresh concerns of bird flu amid outbreaks in surrounding ...

As cases of seasonal influenza surge, health officials are closely monitoring a growing threat—the potential fusion of human and bird flu strains.

In 2014, highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu viruses from Europe arrived in North America, resulting in the destruction of more than 50 million commercially farmed birds. This aggressive culling worked.

For example, the current H5N1 virus causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cattle in Canada and the U.S. originated from two different viruses: H5N6 and H5N8. Through genetic mixing between ...

The initiative was led by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who signed executive orders approving investments in vaccines for dengue, H5N8 influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The ...

Birds which are still alive may drag their legs. Most types of bird flu do not affect humans but there are four strains that have caused concern to in the last 25 years, including H5N8, which caused ...

Safety and Immunogenicity of a monovalent inactivated influenza A/H5N8 virus vaccine given with and without AS03 or MF59 adjuvants in healthy adults.