COVID and the 1918 flu pandemic gave us playbooks on how to prepare for the next pandemic. But we aren’t using it.

Few objects symbolize the pandemic as well as the N95. Impossible to find until they were ubiquitous, the double-strapped ...

Most of those infections have been seen in wild bird populations, with two known instances of backyard poultry flocks ...

Life science companies developing bird flu vaccines are gaining attention as the avian influenza subtype H5N1 becomes an ...

Thankfully, in 2025, the days of lockdowns and quarantines now seem a distant memory for many—even though the physical, ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm about a concerning genetic mutation of the H5N1 bird flu virus, recently identified in four ...

HHS is re-evaluating a nearly $600 million contract with Moderna to develop and test vaccines against flu viruses that could ...

We live in an era when human activities are negatively modifying the world at alarming rates. We are experiencing a massive ...

WE must act now to stop a bird flu pandemic and “save lives,” experts warn. The H5N1 strain has already spread from birds to ...

How could the virus be everywhere but still, somehow, in the CDC’s estimation, not likely to cause a pandemic? H5N1 is already a panzootic. It spreads easily among birds via their digestive ...

The pandemic served as a boot camp for Rhode Island public health officials and infectious diseases doctors, preparing them for future health crises ...

Eight scholars from Brown University looked back at the pandemic with an eye toward how its lessons can help the United States and other nations prepare for the next global health crisis.