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If the influenza virus infecting cattle workers starts a pandemic, help in the form of a vaccine is months away ...

Knowing that his daughter works with patients infected with H1N1, Osterholm so anticipated a particular phone call that he knows exactly what time it came in. âÄúI canâÄôt tell you, the moment she got ...

The vaccine for H1N1 flu (swine flu) will be available in the fall of 2009. This vaccine is separate from the usual seasonal flu vaccine. Pregnant women are first on the list of those who should ...

The recent introduction of oil-in-water emulsions as adjuvants in several pandemic vaccines, such as the H1N1 vaccine, has challenged regulatory authorities to establish their safety in the ...

The CDSCO is establishing a crisis management cell to expedite the search for treatments and vaccines for health emergencies, ...

USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed Tuesday that one of the farm's five pigs was infected with H5N1, ...

USDA announced on Oct. 30 the first reported case of H5N1 in a pig in an Oregon backyard farm. It’s important to note there ...

H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in Oregon, marking the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Wednesday. The detection was on a small ...

The Department of Agriculture hopes to begin the commercial rollout of African Swine Fever (ASF) vaccine in the Philippines ...

An epidemiologist makes the case that a rush of research to stop a swine flu outbreak led to an accidental lab release of an ...