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Why has California declared a state of emergency over bird flu?

Cases of the H5N1 strain of bird flu are on the rise in humans in the US, with the first severe case reported in Louisiana this week. “CDC confirms first severe case of H5N1 Bird Flu in the US. Bird flu, or avian influenza, is a virus that typically spreads among birds but can also affect humans and other animals, …

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1 month ago

The number of cases of H5N1 bird flu is growing - but can it be caught by eating chicken?

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As the number of human bird flu cases have continued to …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Alarming development as mutated bird flu strain that is 30x deadlier leaves American infected

Daily Mail

Doctors are expressing alarm about a mutated form of bird flu that infected a farm worker in Texas. Government-backed researchers took a sample of the virus, infected mice and ferrets with it and found it had evolved to become far deadlier than the wild strain currently spreading on US farms. Researchers have suggested that drinking unpasteurized milk from an infected …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Australia's bird flu outbreak has claimed the lives of 2 million chickens, but experts fear the worst is yet to come

ABC

In the small country town of Meredith, about 70 kilometres west of Melbourne, a lone dead tree stands in the centre of a paddock, looming over two long red furrows clawed into the ground. He's just spent most of this year trying to lead Victoria's response to avian influenza outbreaks, and says the state is "finally on the home stretch". …

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5 months ago

How to pinpoint the H5N1 mortality rate in humans

Salon

Just how deadly is the H5N1 avian flu? Compared to the H1 and H3 proteins in the influenza A viruses responsible for seasonal flu, H5 proteins trigger a weaker response from the immune system, said Peiris: “People may be getting mildly infected, but it’s not enough to elicit an antibody response.” Peiris and other experts described the current H5N1 outbreak …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Health experts raise alarm over US response to bird flu

China Daily

Three months after the first detection of bird flu in US dairy cows, experts are expressing growing concern about the government's response and the potential for a deadly pandemic. Since avian influenza A, also known as "bird flu", was for the first time detected in dairy cows on March 25, the number of infected herds continues to rise. "In the …

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7 months, 1 week ago

US govt relaxes regulations for labs handling bird flu samples to ease virus response

Hindustan Times

US government officials have temporarily relaxed strict guidelines on how public health laboratories and healthcare facilities handle, store and transport H5N1 bird flu samples, which are considered high-risk pathogens, in response to the recent spread of the virus to dairy cattle. APHL Executive Director Scott Becker said his group made the request to prepare for the possibility that H5N1 avian …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Brazil declares 180-day animal health emergency amid avian flu cases in wild birds

The Hindu

Brazil on Monday declared a state of animal health emergency for 180 days in response to the country's first-ever detection of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in wild birds, in a document signed by Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro. Infection by the H5N1 subtype of avian flu in wild birds does not trigger trade bans, based on guidelines of the …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Bird flu may now be spreading between humans, WHO fears

The Telegraph

The World Health Organisation is “really concerned” the current bird flu outbreak may now be spreading between people for the first time in more than 25 years. The WHO has ordered a new bird flu vaccine to be made in response to the rapid spread of the strain of H5N1 avian influenza causing the current outbreak. An 11-year-old girl died …

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