Science news articles about 'bird flu pandemic'

... disease and suggests that a single drug approach is likely to be ineffective in case of a bird flu pandemic in humans. The findings by a team at the Medical Research Council's National Institute for ...

... immunity could better protect humans from a bird flu pandemic. The continued spread of the highly virulent " ... little or no pre-existing immunity to the bird flu virus enabling it to spread rapidly." ...

A vaccine to protect humans from a bird flu pandemic is within reach after a new discovery. The discovery reveals how boosting T cell immunity could better protect humans from a bird flu pandemic.

A new study blames humans' cold noses for preventing a bird flu pandemic.

... types of flu are beginning at Oxford University. If successful, the ‘universal` flu injection would transform the way we vaccinate against influenza and could offer immunity to a bird flu pandemic.

... identified H5N1 avian influenza as a strain with the greatest pandemic potential in humans. H5N1 is currently circulating in birds and has caused serious illness in more than 380 people ...

... H5N1” has killed nearly two thirds of those in whom it has been diagnosed. And it apparently makes so many different animal species sick that some public health officials warn of a worldwide pandemic.

Despite gains from threat of bird flu, pandemic preparedness is patchy.