Stanford University researchers have developed a way to make the seasonal flu vaccine stronger against more strains, potentially including those that cause bird flu, the university said this month. By stitching together four molecules found in the standard vaccine,

President-elect Donald Trump is likely to struggle with the outbreak of bird flu, or H5N1, among livestock and wildlife in the United States, which experts are concerned could become a threat to humans should the spread of the virus not be contained.

Each week some revelation about bird flu seems to flutter through the news cycle. Here's what the latest research is saying about how it is spreading and how to keep yourself and your pets safe.

Experts say there are about 400,000 vaccines in the federal vaccine stockpile in case there is evidence of transmission between humans.