Scientists Develop Universal Vaccine for All Bird Flu Strains

Scientists Develop Universal Vaccine for All Bird Flu Strains

Scientists have developed a proof-of-concept vaccine that could offer broad protection against all known and emerging variants of highly pathogenic avian influenza (A5) viruses, including those that have yet to evolve. The one-shot vaccine, described in the journal Nature, could significantly strengthen defences against the threat of a future pandemic. Mathilde Rochard of Erasmus University Medical Centre in the Netherlands and her team created …