Canada buys 500,000 doses of H5N1 avian influenza vaccine for those most at risk
The Public Health Agency of Canada said Wednesday it's purchased 500,000 doses of a human vaccine to protect against avian ...
Alberta mulls roll out of H5N1 avian flu vaccine while Ottawa stockpiles doses for provinces
Alberta is reviewing new guidance on H5N1 avian influenza vaccines, and who might get them, as shipments are readied to fan ...
As bird flu continues to spread, is there a vaccine for humans?
Both the Finnish and the U.S. bird flu vaccines are made by CSL Seqirus but are different vaccines. In the summer, U.S. officials stockpiled 4.8 million doses of the vaccine that officials said was ...
Alberta reviewing how its share of H5N1 avian flu vaccines while be distributed
The province is looking at new guidance on H5N1 avian influenza vaccines and who should get them. Ottawa announced it has ...
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Canada government buys human H5N1 vaccines
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and its partners are taking proactive measures to protect the health of people in ...
LSU Vet Professor weighs in on potential poultry vaccine for bird flu
Two weeks ago the USDA said it granted a conditional license for an H5N2 bird flu vaccine designed to work against variants of the H5N1 virus. It was the H5N1 virus that claimed the life of a ...
Bird flu vaccine gets ‘conditional license’ from USDA, company announces
A New Jersey pharmaceutical company has received a “a conditional license" for its bird flu vaccine for use in chickens. An ...
Bird flu vaccine concerns rise as cases climb in the US
As bird flu cases continue to rise across the United States, questions are emerging about the effectiveness of the current ...
Why isn't the U.S. using a bird flu vaccine in poultry?
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is expected “in the coming days” to announce a new strategy to fight the escalating ...
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Flagging bird flu’s ‘pandemic potential’, ICMR calls on private firms to collaborate on human vaccine
India's apex health research body has warned that H5N1 infection in humans has a high case fatality rate, exceeding 50 ...
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As bird flu continues to spread, is there a vaccine for humans?
Since the summer, the U.S. has begun preparing about 10 million doses of a vaccine that they think will be effective against H5N1 bird flu. Federal officials have elected not to use the vaccine ...