A prophylactic antibody-based immune therapy protects monkeys against severe disease caused by H5N1 avian flu, University of Pittsburgh and NIH Vaccine Research Center researchers report in Science.

Animals given one especially stable immunogen produced antibodies that could bind with HAs in many influenza subtypes, even neutralizing H5N1 viruses ('avian' or 'bird' flu). The next step in this ...

Antibody Treatment Prevents Severe Bird Flu in Monkeys Jan. 30, 2025 — The antibody targets a stable part of the bird flu virus, ensuring that the immune protection can resist new variants and ...

Bird flu has been circling the globe for decades ... Dr. Kamran Khan: So in a recent study of dairy workers their blood was tested for antibodies to H5N1, not looking for the virus, but looking for ...

Experts are urging Australians to get vaccinated before winter to protect themselves and their families, amid fears cases of Covid and other illnesses could spike.

A controversial proposal by the US's Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sparked widespread criticism from ...

A recent study highlights the potential for a bioactive whey protein to support immune responses to influenza vaccinations.

To create the experimental bird flu vaccine, the researchers added what’s called a histidine tag, or his-tag, to both the H5 ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive contact. “Holy cow,” says Thomas Friedrich, a virologist at the University ...

From egg prices to pet food recalls – and now, confirmation that another strain of bird flu has infected a large commercial ...

Highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI), also known as bird flu ... Researchers found influenza antibodies in more than half of the 16 bobcats that were captured. Four showed exposure to the highly ...

Apr. 17, 2025 — A vaccine under development has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work focuses on the H5N1 variant known as ...