Outside the U.S., both live and inactivated vaccines are commonly used to immunize chickens and turkeys against avian ...

Wearing a medical-grade mask or respirator can decrease the risk of infection. Good hand hygiene and proper sneezing and cough etiquette can also decrease the risk of transmission.

The advisory reflects increasing concern about the widening outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza that is sickening more people and animals in the United States and Canada. Earlier this month ...

Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the brink of human-to-human transmission, but predicting whether a virus will ...

Avian flu has reduced that number to 300 million and more are dying every week. “It’s not like you can just start producing eggs right away,” said Avery Barry, Waialua Fresh Eggs general ...

In this prospective observational study, immune protection against H5N1 and H7N9 avian influenza virus (AIV) was almost absent prior to vaccination. However, seasonal influenza vaccines induced a ...

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV ... Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technology remains the cornerstone of HMPV diagnostics. Real-time PCR assays can detect and quantify viral RNA, offering high ...

THAT SAFEWAY HAD SOMEWHAT RESTOCKED BY THIS MORNING AND PUT UP A SIGN TELLING CUSTOMERS EGG SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS ARE DUE TO RECENT OUTBREAKS OF AVIAN INFLUENZA THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. AT THE GIANT ...