A Canadian teen who is in critical condition after contracting H5N1 bird flu was infected with a version of the virus that is different from the one circulating in U.S. cattle.

A teenager in British Columbia was hospitalized in critical condition with the disease, and officials were working to find ...

British Columbia health officials have yet to identify a likely source of the infection, though none of the teen's contacts ...

Another cause for concern: flu season is underway in the U.S., and as seasonal influenza virus goes around, “humans, ...

Viruses work by taking control of our cells and carefully reprogramming them into machines to make more viruses. Because of ...

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in American dairy herds and poultry flocks, Canadian officials have announced that a ...

USDA both regulating and promoting livestock industries – prevents appropriate responses to outbreaks of infectious disease.

The World Health Organization voiced alarm at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an ‘extraordinarily high’ mortality rate. Hong Kong should test for ...

No FDA-approved rapid tests exist that specifically test for H5N1, and the first near-point-of-care test for mpox was ...

In the U.S., wastewater surveillance for public health became vital during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

has issued a “Study Can Proceed” notification for the Company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application, ARCT-2304, a self-amplifying mRNA (sa-mRNA) vaccine candidate for active immunization to ...

Public-health officials in British Columbia declined to provide any new details Monday about their investigation into how a ...