After the U.S. withdrew from the World Health Organization, it wasn't clear they would participate in this WHO-led meeting to determine the recipe for the next flu vaccine.

In a bid to get ahead of the next global flu pandemic, scientists have turned to a surprising tool: bird poop. In remote parts of the Indian Ocean and Oceania — regions often neglected during global ...

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A new warning from global health experts is raising alarms about the potential for a bird flu pandemic that could outpace the devastation of COVID-19, if the H5N1 virus mutates to spread easily ...

LONDON, (Reuters) - The world remains highly vulnerable to a possible severe flu pandemic and governments should increase surveillance, vigilance and preparedness, the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

The rapid spread of H5N1 from wild birds to mammals, and even humans, is raising the stakes in the fight against avian influenza. As experts warn of the virus’s pandemic potential, global action on ...

The National Academy of Medicine has established an International Committee (IC) in coordination with the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Global Affairs (OGA) to inform and facilitate its ...

Influenza has caused panic in many Asian countries, including Japan. Hospitalizations are steadily increasing. Japan declared a nationwide epidemic five weeks ahead of schedule, citing a record ...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - International efforts have pushed back the spread of bird flu this year but the risk of a global influenza pandemic killing millions is as great as ever, the United Nations ...

While the world continues to respond to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, novel influenza viruses persist as a constant pandemic threat. These viruses, which could appear at any time, ...