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 ...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf testifies before the U.S. Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Photo via screenshot from Senate ...

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 ...

With Australian officials closely monitoring local outbreaks of avian influenza, and another highly pathogenic strain ...

The dairy farm workers will be tested for the virus if they show any symptoms, though this has not been the case so far, local health officials said. Details about their ages, gender and ...

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 ...

If H5N1 turns into a full-blown pandemic, we are currently in chapter one. To prevent chapter two from becoming a reality, the most important tool in our arsenal will be widespread testing. Testing ...