How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic
A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen people had confirmed diagnoses, and six of them died. Since then, there have been sporadic cases around the world—but no large outbreaks.
How worried should we be about a bird flu pandemic?
The first known death from a bird flu virus in the US has sparked fears about another pandemic, yet the overall risk to the general public still remains low
Is bird flu the next pandemic? What to know after the first H5N1 death in the US
With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were talking about a new virus that was sending people to the hospital with respiratory infections.
What Does First U.S Bird Flu Death Tell Experts about Disease Severity?
Louisiana has reported the first U.S. fatality from avian influenza. Most of the country’s human cases have been mild
World Animal Health Body Urges Tighter Bird Flu Controls After US Death
More should be done to control the spread of bird flu among animals to avoid more cases in humans, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Wednesday, following the first death of a patient from the virus in the United States.
Bird flu will be the next pandemic unless health officials take 6 critical steps, experts say
The time for urgency, the experts say, is now.
Officials Report the First Human Death From Bird Flu in the U.S. Here's What to Know About the Virus
The United States has reported its first human death from H5N1 bird flu, marking a somber moment in the ongoing outbreak of the virus. The Louisiana Department of Health announced in a statement on Monday that a patient over the age of 65,
Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment
The experiment of whether H5 can ever be successful in human populations is happening before our eyes,” Seema Lakdawala, a flu virologist at Emory University, told me. “And we are doing nothing to stop it.
Philippines reports outbreak of H5N2 bird flu among backyard ducks
The Philippines reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N2 bird flu among backyard ducks, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Thursday. The virus was detected in 15 out of 428 backyard ducks in the Camarines Norte province,
Bird flu cases surging in southern Minnesota, DNR says
Hundreds of Canadian geese have been found dead this winter in Owatonna, Albert Lea, Waseca and other southern Minnesota cities.
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'Corridors were lined with patients on trolleys': Your stories of NHS pressures as flu cases rise
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Minnesota ERs strained as cases of flu, COVID, RSV and norovirus surge across the country
Four illnesses are filling Minnesota hospitals, and health leaders are warning you that Minnesota is dealing with a ...
Recent record flu cases in Japan overwhelm hospitals, drugmakers
Influenza is affecting hundreds of thousands of people in Japan and rising rapidly among that nation's population of 124.5 ...
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Bird flu has reached Austin's wildlife. Here's what you need to know
Avian Influenza has been detected in wild birds in Austin, local health authorities announced Wednesday.
How Bird Flu Is Affecting US Egg Shortages
With more than 133 million poultry birds affected by avian influenza across the U.S., some states are experiencing egg shortages.
BBC star who appeared on Jonathan Ross show tragically dies from flu at 56
Entertainer Kerry Wilson, who appeared on a BBC show hosted by Jonathan Ross, has tragically died at the age of 56 as her ...