Hungary and Italy report outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu, WOAH says
Hungary and Italy have both reported an outbreak of the severe H5N1 avian influenza virus in the first such cases in the countries for several months, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said,
South Vietnam zoos report deaths of 53 big cats due to H5N1 bird flu virus
Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in South Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media said on Wednesday. The deaths occurred in August and September at the private My Quynh Safari Park in Long An Province and the Vuon Xoai Zoo in Dong Nai, near Ho Chi Minh City, the official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
Experts say matter of time until bird flu H5N1 reaches Australia
Australia is recovering from a devastating outbreak of avian influenza, but the worst is yet to come. Experts say it's only a matter of time until a strain already wreaking havoc overseas lands on our shores.
Germany reports outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a farm
Germany reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm in the eastern region of Saxony near the border with the Czech Republic, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday.
Cluster of 8 Possible Human Bird Flu Cases Now Reported in Missouri
In what could be the first cases of bird flu spreading between humans in the United States, a group of potential H5N1 infections in Missouri has now grown to eight. Antibody tests to confirm any H5N1 infection are still pending.
Bird flu kills 47 tigers, 3 lions and a panther in Vietnam zoos, state media reports
The World Health Organization says there have been increasing reports of deadly outbreaks among mammals caused by influenza ...
Human-to-Human Bird Flu Spread in Missouri Is Unlikely, CDC Says
Chances are low that human-to-human spread of bird flu occurred in a group of people who were exposed to a patient infected ...
The Bird-Flu President
Presidents always seem to have a crisis to deal with. George W. Bush had 9/11. Barack Obama had the Great Recession. Donald ...
Source of person's recent bird flu case remains a mystery — and experts say that's concerning
The latest human case of bird flu in the U.S. occurred in a patient with no reported exposure to affected animals, sparking ...
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47 tigers die from bird flu in Vietnam zoos
The fatal outbreak occurred between August and September at the private My Quynh Safari Park in Long An province and the Vuon ...
Potential cluster of H5N1 bird flu cases in Missouri poses danger of human-to-human transmission
The latest developments are highly concerning, as they raise the possibility that the H5N1 virus has evolved the ability to ...
Missouri’s bird flu case is ‘perplexing.’ Health experts question the state’s response
Missouri officials are under growing pressure from national public health experts to pinpoint the source of the state’s first ...
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H5N1 bird flu is mutating fast and jumping to mammals - could the next pandemic be here?
Researchers reveal how H5N1 viruses rapidly adapted to mammals through genetic reassortment and specific mutations, raising ...
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Bird flu virus a concern as tigers, lions die en mass at Vietnam zoos
Preliminary diagnoses suggest the tigers had died from pneumonia. Bengal tigers at Mango Garden Tourist Area in Bien ...
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Q&A: NIAID’s Jeanne Marrazzo speaks on bird flu, mpox, and succeeding Anthony Fauci
Marrazzo became the first new director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in decades, taking over a ...