A study published this morning in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, announces that the monoclonal antibody, nirsevimab, prevents severe respiratory syncytial virus infections in infants. In a huge review of the published evidence, epidemiologists from University of Toronto and York University, Toronto, tracked how effective nirsevimab was when prescribed in the community under real-world […]

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While uncertainty rocks the US’s Centers for Disease Control and National Institutes of Health, when it comes to avian flu, the US Department of Agriculture is still carrying the torch. In recent weeks concerns over the bird flu have grown as the US government has continued to shutter clinical research, epidemiology and pandemic preparedness. Fortunately […]

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January 30, 2025, US researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious disease released the results of their preclinical trial of H5N1 neutralizing antibodies in Science. This could be the first sign of an effective H5N1 ab treatment. Immunology researchers racing to find a treatment for bovine bird flu discovered that pre-exposure prophylaxis of […]

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Seasonal flu vaccines don't protect against bird flu. Find out more about progress in the race against time to develop a bovine H5N1 vaccine.

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US National Institutes of Health scientists warn that drinking raw milk infected with H5N1 or bird flu, probably won’t kill you, but will make you infectious. In a study published in the research journal Nature researchers describe how they fed unpasteurized raw milk infected with bovine H5N1 to six macaque monkey and compared them to […]

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Thursday morning 2nd January 2025, the US government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that they have developed a standard for H5N1 influenza tests.

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NIH scientists are sounding public health alarms after discovering a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in a Texas farm worker earlier this year.1 The virus, dubbed huTX37-H5N1, was isolated from the worker’s eye and appears to have originated from contact with infected dairy cows. While the worker experienced only mild conjunctivitis, the virus […]

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It’s cold and flu season! If you’ve got a stuffed up nose you might be on the search for decongestants, but some old favourites might soon be hard to find.

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