Doctors say the case of a teen left in critical condition shows H5N1 "can cause severe human illness." Mutations in the virus are deepening concerns about the spread of H5N1.
Britain has secured five million doses of H5 bird flu vaccine to prepare for a possible global pandemic ... They have already been used to protect workers in Finland, where H5N1 spread amongst farmed ...
Scientists are using COVID-19 vaccine technologies to develop better vaccines against influenza viruses, including H5N1 bird flu. The research could make annual flu jabs much more effective.
Read about the bird flu situation in Australia, what to do if you travel overseas and the importance of getting an annual influenza vaccine. Researchers from the University of Melbourne ...
They have already been used to protect workers in Finland ... Prof Ian Brown, an expert in avian flu viruses at The Pirbright Institute, said: “A vaccine stockpile is an important preparedness ...