Tag: Flu
How Bird Flu Went from Devastating Poultry Farms to Infecting Dairy...
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to part two of our three-part series on the battle against...
Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early Test
Bird Flu Vaccine for Cows Passes Early TestResearchers have tested an mRNA vaccine against avian influenza in calves with promising resultsBy Humberto Basilio...
RFK, Jr., Funds Universal Vaccines for Flu and COVID—Here’s What That...
Universal Vaccines Have Eluded Scientists for Years. RFK, Jr., Is Betting This Approach Will SucceedTrump’s HHS and NIH are planning to invest $500...
Trump’s Immigration Tactics Leave U.S. Vulnerable to Bird Flu Spread
Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say.Dairy and poultry workers have...
Bird Flu Strikes Rats, Pet Cats and Egg Supplies
February 26, 20254 min readThe Latest on Bird Flu’s Hits to Egg Supplies, Rats and CatsAvian influenza continues to fuel egg shortages. Plus,...
3 More Bird Flu Infections in People as Chicken Deaths Affect...
February 19, 20253 min readThe Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Chickens, and MoreBird flu headlines include three new human cases, millions of...
Urgent CDC Data on Influenza and Bird Flu Go Missing as...
Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs,...
New Bird Flu Strain in Cows and Animal Infections Raise Concern...
February 12, 20253 min readThe Latest on Bird Flu Strains and Sick Zoo AnimalsScientists have reported a new strain of bird flu in...
Eggs Hit by Bird Flu Crisis as Farmers Lose Flocks to...
Greg Herbruck knew 6.5 million of his birds needed to die, and fast.But the CEO of Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch wasn’t sure how the...
The U.S. Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans
February 7, 20254 min readThe U.S. Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in HumansBird flu is infecting more people than we think. We...
