The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preparing in case the current strain of avian flu circulating in the U.S. jumps to humans on a large scale, the agency’s commissioner told senators ...
The FDA is gearing up for a bird flu pandemic in people that could kill one in four of those it infects, the agency's top official has revealed. Dr Robert Califf told a Senate Committee that ...
The risk to the general public is low, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Still, the federal ...
Robert Califf said that, if we reduce spread of the virus now, “we’re much less likely to see a mutation that jumps to humans for which we are ill-prepared.” Food and Drug Administration ...
Headline shared on social media suggested that one-quarter of Americans could die from the highly pathogenic avian flu, or ...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf testifies before the U.S. Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (Screenshot from Senate livestream ...
Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man ...
The U.S. government has a stockpile of H5N1 vaccines, and several companies could make millions more if needed. But scaling ...
The dairy farm workers will be tested for the virus if they show any symptoms, though this has not been the case so far, local health officials said. Details about their ages, gender and ...
Mina, MD, PhD, is the Chief Science Officer of eMed. He was previously assistant professor of epidemiology and immunology/infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ...
Interest in raw milk is rising in the U.S., fueled by both "wellness" and conservative influencers on social media — even though it can make people very sick.