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Why isn't the U.S. using a bird flu vaccine in poultry?
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is expected “in the coming days” to announce a new strategy to fight the escalating outbreak.
Is there a bird flu vaccine? Experts discuss progress amid 'alarming' outbreak
Since 2021, experts have seen bird flu — also called H5N1 influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — spreading "fairly quickly" across the wild and domestic bird populations and, now, among dairy cattle, Martinello tells TODAY.com.
Bird flu vaccine concerns rise as cases climb in the US
As bird flu cases continue to rise across the United States, questions are emerging about the effectiveness of the current vaccine stockpile.
A new vaccine for bird flu has conditional approval for chickens. What to know
While the company has conditional approval, the USDA will still have to approve its larger use before farmers can give it to their flocks, according to Science Magazine. The report added that if bird flu becomes more widespread, vaccinating chickens against bird flu could become the norm.
As bird flu continues to spread, is there a vaccine for humans?
Both the Finnish and the U.S. bird flu vaccines are made by CSL Seqirus but are different vaccines. In the summer, U.S. officials stockpiled 4.8 million doses of the vaccine that officials said was effective against circulating H5N1 strains. In October, the U.S. issued a $72 million grant to three manufacturers to double the nation's stockpile.
Is a bird flu vaccine for chickens coming soon?
Zoetis was granted a conditional license for its avian influenza vaccine for use in chickens. It's a step closer to fighting the bird flu outbreaks that continue to devastate flocks.
Bird flu vaccine for chickens given conditional license from USDA
The company, Zoetis, said this license was granted on the “demonstration of safety, purity, and reasonable expectation of efficacy."
Canada buys 500,000 doses of H5N1 avian influenza vaccine for those most at risk
The Public Health Agency of Canada said Wednesday it's purchased 500,000 doses of a human vaccine to protect against avian ...
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Could housecats act as a vector to spread the H5N1 virus?
The proof-of-concept study is one of the first to combine B and T cell analysis and potentially paves the way for tests that ...
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Canada announces avian flu vaccine buy as USDA confirms first H5N1 detections in rats
In other avian flu developments, tests at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have confirmed the H5N1 strain in rats for ...
Alberta mulls roll out of H5N1 avian flu vaccine while Ottawa stockpiles doses for provinces
Alberta is reviewing new guidance on H5N1 avian influenza vaccines, and who might get them, as shipments are readied to fan ...
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Kennedy's confirmation will breed more harm than good, public health experts say
set impossible-to-meet standards for vaccine approvals and decline to continue stockpiling the H5N1 vaccines that may be necessary in the event of a bird flu pandemic. Kennedy has also expressed ...
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Trump Administration Shifts Strategy on Avian Flu
USDA under then Secretary Tom Vilsack conditionally approved a vaccine made by Zoetis, containing a killed version of an H5N2 variant designed to work against circulating H5N1 variants.
Alberta reviewing how its share of H5N1 avian flu vaccines while be distributed
The province is looking at new guidance on H5N1 avian influenza vaccines and who should get them. Ottawa announced it has ...
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'Exceptionally rare' mutation on H5N1 virus in Canada tied to antiviral drug resistance
In a research letter published this week in Emerging Microbes & Infections, researchers at the Canada Food Inspection Agency ...