The US government is nearing an agreement to bankroll a late-stage trial of Moderna’s mRNA pandemic bird flu vaccine, hoping to bolster its pandemic jab stockpile as an H5N1 outbreak spreads ...

Despite growing concern about bird flu, many U.S. dairy farms have not increased health protections for employees. On May 22, 2024, the U.S. government said a second dairy worker has contracted ...

(CNN) — A third person in the US has tested positive for H5 bird flu in connection to an ongoing outbreak in dairy cattle, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday.

Farmworkers face some of the most intense exposures to the bird flu virus, but advocates say many of them would lack resources to fall back on if they became ill. So far, only two people in the ...

Dairy farmers and veterinarians in northern Texas noticed illness among cattle. This is a KFF Health News story. In early February, dairy farmers in the Texas Panhandle began to notice sick cattle.

Health officials say another Michigan dairy worker has been diagnosed with bird flu Another Michigan farmworker has been diagnosed with bird flu, the third human case associated with an outbreak ...

Health officials announced on May 30 that a third person in the US has tested positive for an H5 bird flu virus. (CNN) — A third person in the US has tested positive for H5 bird flu in ...