Maternal RSV vaccination and nirsevimab (a long-acting monoclonal antibody) administration were introduced during the 2023–2024 U.S. RSV season. A study published in MMWR assessed the association ...

A systematic review published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases examines the epidemiology and distribution of avian influenza virus (AIV) infections in felines over the past two decades, from 2004 to ...

What are Dr. Vinay Prasad’s views on vaccines? Dr. Vinay Prasad, a hematologist-oncologist and professor at UCSF, was appointed director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER ...

Newly emergent highly pathogenic H5N9 subtype avian influenza A virus. Journal of Virology. 2015 Sep 1;89 (17):8806-15. 2. European Food Safety Authority, European Centre for Disease Prevention and ...

Whole Inactivated Virus (WIV) vaccines: Induced seroconversion after the first dose in some birds; booster doses enhanced antibody titers and conferred protection against clinical disease.

Multi‐country outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka ST413, possibly linked to consumption of chicken meat in the EU/EEA, Israel and the UK. EFSA Supporting Publications. 2022 Dec;19 (12):7707E.

The AAAP urges a coordinated, science-based response to H5 influenza to protect poultry, livestock, and human health. The following priorities and requests are outlined: ...

Severity of the H5N1 2.3.4.4b Outbreak: - This clade has caused an unprecedented global panzootic in poultry, wild birds, and mammals. - Traditional control methods (biosecurity, surveillance, ...

H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b has recently emerged as a significant concern for animal and human health due to its ability to infect multiple mammalian species and its ongoing circulation in wild birds, cattle, ...