Dr Robert Califf, its commissioner, told a Senate Committee yesterday that they were already drawing up plans to hastily grab ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preparing in case the current strain of avian flu circulating in the U.S. jumps to humans on a large scale, the agency’s commissioner told senators ...
Robert Califf said that, if we reduce spread of the virus now, “we’re much less likely to see a mutation that jumps to humans for which we are ill-prepared.” Food and Drug Administration ...
Here’s the latest news about a global outbreak of H5N1 bird flu that started in 2020, and recently spread among cattle in U.S ...
Headline shared on social media suggested that one-quarter of Americans could die from the highly pathogenic avian flu, or ...
Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man ...
With Australian officials closely monitoring local outbreaks of avian influenza, and another highly pathogenic strain ...
Mina, MD, PhD, is the Chief Science Officer of eMed. He was previously assistant professor of epidemiology and immunology/infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ...
Scientists tested milk samples from herd infected with H5N1 in New Mexico, US, and found high levels of the virus, even after it had been refrigerated at 4c (39F).
May 21, 2024 — Currently available flu medications only target the virus after it has already established an infection, but what if a drug could prevent infection in the first place? Now ...