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“Such a 'let-it-spread' strategy may identify small numbers of poultry infected by H5 influenza virus that do not develop ...
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 ...
The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...
For those who feel taking medical advice from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is risky, consider his plan for avian flu. Suggesting we ...
Warren and Duckworth demanded Kennedy make the review public, alongside a similar review the department cited when it cut ...
The move to pull funding for drugmaker Moderna to continue testing an mRNA vaccine intended to protect people from the bird flu comes after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the gove… ...
Avian flu has been spreading since last year among poultry and cattle herds, with more than 1,000 herds infected in 17 states, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has pulled $600 million in funding it had previously promised to pharmaceutical company Moderna to develop a vaccine for bird flu in humans, citing ...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) cut funding to Moderna’s pandemic preparedness program, which develops vaccines for influenza strains like bird flu. Millions of birds in U.S ...
Bird flu remains a low risk to humans, meaning any new vaccine for H5 influenza would go on the shelf unless and until it is needed. Several dozen human illnesses and one death from bird flu have ...
Migratory bird season peaks in Michigan in May. Dairy and poultry farmers worry that the birds could bring H5N1 avian influenza with them to Michigan and infect their flocks and herds.
The Trump administration said the move signals a ‘shift in federal vaccine funding priorities’ Julia Musto in New York Thursday 29 May 2025 19:33 BST Comments Bird flu reported at Maricopa ...