The recommendations were made following a meeting that included experts from the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Defense.

Prior exposures to specific types of seasonal influenza viruses promote cross-reactive immunity against the H5N1 avian influenza virus, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine ...

Older adults who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 are more likely to have some protection against H5N1, and children would benefit more from H5N1 vaccines.

Prior exposures to specific types of seasonal influenza viruses promote cross-reactive immunity against the H5N1 avian ...

Kei Sato was looking for his next big challenge five years ago when it smacked him — and the world — in the face. The ...

Early flu exposure helps immunity against H5N1 infection, with older adults having stronger antibody responses.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) readily infected cells from milk-producing organs in dairy cows, but beef cells held ...

Previous exposures to older flu strains prime the immune system to produce antibodies against bird flu (H5N1).

Not long after the first flu shot was introduced in 1945 by University of Michigan virologist Thomas Francis and his ...

In a study published in the journal, Cell, Jing Chen, PhD, and colleagues at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Wuhan, China, ...