Researchers develop nasal spray H5N1 avian influenza vaccine
The State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the InnoHK Center for ...
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What the World’s First Case of Bird Flu in Sheep Means for the Virus’s Spread
The detection of bird flu in a sheep is another sign that the H5N1 virus is adapting to hop to new hosts ...
The Bird Flu Virus Is Mutating Fast – And Scientists Say Our Vaccines May Not Be Enough
H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...
New strain of bird flu wipes out Mississippi poultry farm; human flu may offer immunity
H7N9 — is detected in at a poultry farm; scientists learn that past human flu exposure may provide some immunity to H5N1.
UK on alert after H5N1 bird flu spills over to sheep in world-first
"Globally, we continue to see that mammals can be infected with avian influenza A (H5N1)," Meera Chand, Emerging Infection ...
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Sheep Infected With H5N1 Bird Flu In UK First, Government Testing Confirms
Katy is Managing Editor at IFLScience where she oversees editorial content from News articles to Features, and even occasionally writes some. A single sheep on a Yorkshire farm has tested positive ...
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H5N1 strain of bird flu has potential to become pandemic, says UK expert
The H5N1 strain of bird flu has the "potential to become a pandemic", according to an expert at the UK Health Security Agency. Richard Pebody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at UKHSA ...