Scientists are testing mRNA vaccines to protect cows and humans against bird flu

The outbreak of bird flu in US dairy cows is leading to the development of new next-generation mRNA vaccines – similar to COVID-19 vaccines – that are being tested in both animals and humans. Next month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin testing a vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania by … Read more

Scientists are testing mRNA vaccines to protect cows and humans against bird flu

The outbreak of bird flu in US dairy cows is leading to the development of new next-generation mRNA vaccines – similar to COVID-19 vaccines – that are being tested in both animals and humans. Next month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin testing a vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania by … Read more

How prepared are we for human bird flu?

A silent pandemic has been raging for the past four years. One in which the death toll is expected to be in the hundreds of millions, but which has thus far received remarkably little attention. The pandemic in question is bird flu, the H5N1 flu strain, which has spread far beyond the bird world since … Read more