Several local factors - including the minimum temperature reached in autumn, the water level in lakes and ponds in winter, ...

Several local factors—including the minimum temperature reached in autumn, the water level in lakes and ponds in winter, and ...

“In our results, a substantial proportion of infections was prevented when transmissibility was similar to that encountered in typical influenza seasons, vaccine effectiveness was within the ranges ...

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

An mRNA-based seasonal flu vaccine from Moderna was 27 percent more effective at preventing influenza infections than a standard flu shot, the company announced this week. Moderna noted that the ...

Moderna's messenger RNA flu vaccine candidate has shown has shown positive results in a late-stage trial. The biotechnology company said Monday its seasonal influenza vaccine candidate, mRNA-1010 ...

“An mRNA-based flu vaccine has the potential advantage to more precisely match circulating strains, support rapid response in a future influenza pandemic, and pave the way for COVID-19 ...

As such, seasonal flu vaccines are not designed to protect against avian influenza. No commercially available human vaccines currently exist for avian influenza viruses. How do people get bird flu?

Jeffery DelViscio/ Scientific American Science Quickly How Bird Flu Went from an Isolated Avian Illness to a Human Pandemic Threat (Part 1) ...