SA Minister for Health and Wellbeing Chris Picton announced the flu vaccine was now available for free for children aged under 5, those who are pregnant or have chronic health conditions and ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — Existing antivirals may be less effective against this H5N1 bird flu strain, and prevention measures, such as avoiding raw milk consumption and reducing exposure in dairy workers ...

Mar. 25, 2025 — Early animal studies show that a single vaccine could protect the recipient from different variants of the coronaviruses that cause COVID-19, the flu and the common cold.

In late February, the USDA announced a $1 billion strategy to combat bird flu, which includes funds dedicated to developing vaccines for poultry and for improving biosecurity on farms. Good ...

CureVac and partner GSK are, meanwhile, also developing an mRNA-based flu vaccine, but are a little further back in development, as their shot is in phase 1 testing.

Now, the United Nations is urging member governments to take coordinated action to address the “unprecedented” spread of highly pathogenic bird flu — a threat to health, food security ...

Pfizer and BioNTech have been among the leaders in the race to bring a combined COVID-19 and influenza vaccine to market, but have stumbled in the final straight. The companies reported mixed ...

Zoetis received conditional USDA approval for an avian flu vaccine. Major poultry and dairy organizations back vaccine use to control the virus. The Trump administration is rolling out a new ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to hand over multiple sets of vaccine safety data to a discredited researcher with a history of spreading misinformation that vaccines ...

The Dutch Health Council has recommended that people aged 18 to 49 who receive the annual flu vaccine should not get the COVID-19 shot this fall. According to the council, the risk of severe illness ...

When WHO officials choose the strains of influenza to include in the yearly flu vaccine, they choose two strains of influenza A (one variant of H1N1 and one variant of H3N2) and one strain of ...