Bird Flu

The CDC issued a health alert in June regarding the increased risk for dengue infection in the U.S., with suspected cases having more than doubled compared with the same time period from the previous year.

WHO this week announced a project to speed development of a messenger RNA vaccine against highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans.

HHS will give Moderna approximately $176 million to support the development of a messenger RNA pandemic influenza vaccine, according to an agency press release.

A dairy farm worker in Colorado became the fourth person to test positive for avian influenza in the ongoing outbreak affecting dairy cows in the United States, the CDC announced Wednesday.

HHS announced that it will give Moderna around $176 million to accelerate the development of a messenger RNA-based pandemic influenza vaccine amid an ongoing outbreak of avian influenza.

According to the CDC, H5N1 bird flu has caused recent outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows, with a total of four human cases reported among U.S. dairy and poultry workers. In at least two cases, the only reported symptom was red eyes.

Avian influenza continues to be detected among birds and dairy cows in the United States, raising questions about how to control the more than 2-year-old outbreak.

A third human case in the avian influenza outbreak has been confirmed in another Michigan dairy worker, although risk to the general public remains low, according to the CDC.

A second dairy worker in Michigan became the third human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus linked to an outbreak in dairy cows, the CDC announced Thursday.

The health department in Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky, has declared a pertussis outbreak after several cases were confirmed in the last few weeks.