Although a candidate bird flu vaccine has not yet been made commercially available, medical experts advise that people should get it once it is.
Dr. Linda Yancey, an expert in infectious diseases and internal medicine at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston, told FOX Business that the shot will be critical in protecting people and those around them against the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A (H5N1) virus, otherwise known as bird flu.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the “U.S. government is developing vaccines against avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses in case they are needed.”
According to the CDC, human infections with HPAI A (H5N1) virus are rare, but having unprotected exposure to any…