Bird flu snapshot: Upstart manufacturers in low- and middle-income countries to start early vaccine work Helen Branswell By Helen Branswell July 29, 2024

Bird flu snapshot: Upstart manufacturers in low- and middle-income countries to start early vaccine work Helen Branswell By Helen Branswell July 29, 2024 https://www.statnews.com/2024/07/29/bird-flu-snapshot-h5n1-vaccine-mrna-argentina-who/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_A7N6KV-FNRmB5b1CoH4fXRBR5mk9GnKCUtFxUqYRton0DCgZNJoGQHQYkyX2AvW9kYfdJVxpebkdb-aUcfvhXlOVt1A&_hsmi=317667934&utm_content=317667934&utm_source=hs_email More and more dairy cow herds are becoming infected with H5N1 bird flu, and the need to stop transmission is pressing — if not for the cows, then for us. As the virus travels among mammals, it’s possible that it could adapt to become better equipped to transmit to, and among, humans. Multiple animal vaccine manufacturers are at work trying to develop a bird flu vaccine for cows. But would a vaccine actually help stop the spread? Experts who spoke to STAT’s Helen Branswell are divided on the idea. There are still questions about whether vaccinating cows would be an effective solution in the first place. And some experts wonder whether farmers would be willing to absorb the costs of vaccines, or to agree to stringent post-vaccination surveillance. Read more from Helen on the debate. And after a week that saw the human count of bird flu cases hit 13 and the cumulative number of infected herds climb to 172, don’t miss today’s bird flu snapshot on all the latest developments. Could cow vaccines help halt the spread of bird flu in U.S. herds? Experts are divided Helen Branswell By Helen Branswell July 29, 2024 https://www.statnews.com/2024/07/29/bird-flu-vaccine-for-cows-research-ongoing-many-scientists-urge-biosecurity-first/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_SPpFwZf_WASM9k846MSw61RbHHbBH1Myk0u2ooFyfnNBx78TPxZm1KfpSzujynzO8zSfFDGo8HDfbkulJCdNe4yxakA&_hsmi=317667934&utm_content=317667934&utm_source=hs_email