ICMR initiates process of vaccine development against avian influenza
The ICMR has initiated the process of development of an ingenious human vaccine candidate against highly-pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1).
H5N1 Vaccine
Diversifying T-cell responses: safeguarding against pandemic influenza with mosaic nucleoprotein - PubMed
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that seasonal influenza causes 3-5 million cases of severe illness annually. The influenza virus frequently undergoes genetic changes through antigenic drift and antigenic shift, resulting in annual epidemics and occasional pandemics. Consequently, a maj …
How Penn is helping with bird flu research and disease surveillance | Penn Today
Faculty are working on a vaccine for the H5N1 virus, studying its transmission, and helping the state test samples from birds and mammals.
Poultry farmers in bird flu 'panic' call for UK vaccination plan
Vaccinating poultry against bird flu is still not allowed in the UK despite a rise in farm outbreaks.
Urgent Vaccine Development Underway Against H5N1 Avian Flu
The threat of avian influenza remains front and center as the highly pathogenic strain, H5N1, spreads across North America and beyond, leading to urgent public…
Updated RNA vaccine protects mice against emerging H5N1 strain
A recent study published in Nature Communications by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and collaborators evaluated a replicating RNA (repRNA) vaccine designed to target a contemporary bovine-derived H5N1 virus and compared its efficacy to a vaccine based on a historical H5N1 strain used in stockpiled vaccines.
Groundbreaking Antibody Treatment Gives Hope Against H5N1 Flu
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the NIH Vaccine Research Center have unveiled promising results from their study on a new antibody treatment aimed…
Moderna bird flu vaccine could be on the horizon, with millions in government backing
A Massachusetts biopharma giant is at the center of preparations already underway if bird flu mutates and begins to find humans as hospitable hosts.
Understanding the H5N1 Threat
With new cases of avian influenza appearing, what does this mean for global health and what are drug developers doing about it?