Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, normally spreads between sick poultry but can sometimes spread from poultry to humans.
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A top World Health Organization official calls the recent global spread of bird flu and human infections worrying PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- A top Wor
Following on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, large outbreaks of viruses like bird flu raise the specter of another disease jumping from animals
Ducks gather at a farm in Snoa village outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023.
The World Health Organization expressed concern about bird flu on Friday after the father of a 11-year-old Cambodian girl who died from the disease
There is no evidence bird flu will start spreading between people but experts are preparing for any scenario.
You mentioned depopulation as a control method. What are other methods to limit the spread of bird flu?
An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died in hospital after catching bird flu.
The World Health Organization said on Friday that increasing reports of the H5N1 avian flu among humans were "worrying" following the dea
LONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization is working with Cambodian authorities after two confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu were found a
An 11-year-old girl died this week and her father also tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu.
An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from the country's first known human case of bird flu in nine years, health authorities have confirme
An avian influenza - bird flu - outbreak with the H5N1 strain that began in 2020 has hit record levels, affecting millions of animals.
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia reported an 11-year-old girl from a province east of the capital Phnom Penh died after being infected by the H5N1 s
Argentina's government has tightened health protocols to control the bird flu outbreak.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from bird flu in the country’s first known human H5N1 infection since 2014, health
Symptoms of H5N1 infection are similar to that of other flus, including cough, aches, fever and, in some cases, life-threatening pneumonia.
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An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from bird flu in the country's first known human H5N1 infection since 2014, health officials said.
Health officials said, first person in the country to die from infection since 2014.
An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from bird flu in the country’s first known human H5N1 infection since 2014
PHNOM PENH (AFP): An eleven-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from bird flu, the country's first fatality from the virus in years, health aut
Right now, the average person has very little risk of contracting bird flu, but whether that could change at some point depends on whether two viru
580 sea lions dead in Peru Watson also pointed out that earlier in February, 580 sea lions in Peru had been killed by the H5N1 virus which has scie
A bald eagle that was found on the side of the road in Mt. Tabor Park on Feb.
STORY: This baby sea lion was a reluctant participant in a recent nasal swab test in Peru, where more than 700 sea lions have died of bird flu, as
Now that minks are getting sick, experts are watching for two signals to indicate whether avian influenza could jump into the human population.
Australia's largest outbreak of bird flu occurred in Victoria in 2020, impacting the local poultry industry for over a year before being eradi
An outbreak of avian influenza that's already infected more than 58 million poultry and 6,000 wild birds in the United States has recently beg
NEW YORK (AP) — A recent bird flu outbreak at a mink farm has reignited worries about the virus spreading more broadly to people.
The bad news is that with the outbreak entering its second year and the spring migratory season looming, there is no end in sight.
The outbreak is already more widespread than the last major bird flu outbreak in 2015, but it hasn’t proven as costly yet.
The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the government roughly $661 million and added to consumers’ pain at the grocery store after more than 58 mil
The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the government roughly $661 million and added to consumers’ pain at the grocery store as officials slaughter
Argentina confirmed on Saturday two new cases of bird flu detected in wild birds, three days after reporting the first findings of the disease in t
The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the government roughly $661 million and added to consumers' pain at the grocery store after more than 5
The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the government roughly $661 million and added to consumers’ pain at the grocery store after more than 58 mil
Severe bird flu kills millions of fowl worldwide EU on track to allow bird flu vaccinations Mexico, Ecuador recently launched vaccination campaigns
French duck farmer Herve Dupouy has culled his flock four times since 2015 to stop the spread of bird flu but as a wave of deadly outbreaks nears h
(Reuters) - Chilean health authorities have detected the country's first case of highly pathogenic bird flu (HPAI) in a marine mammal after a
STORY: French duck farmer Herve Dupouy has culled his flock four times since 2015 to stop the spread of bird flu.
Feb 17 (Reuters) - A growing number of countries are turning to vaccinations against avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, to stem one of th
As health officials continue to track and manage one of the largest bird flu outbreaks in recorded history, the virus is beginning to spill over in
If this has got you wary of handling poultry, don’t be — food and safety regulations, which include regular monitoring of bird flu, are very strict
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Their warning has never seemed more ominous than it does now, with the bird flu spreading rapidly among avian populations around the world.
The version that’s predominantly causing problems in the Americas and Europe is called H5N1.
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But sequencing revealed something more sinister: a mutation that had enabled the first-ever large-scale case of direct mammal-to-mammal transmissio
Share on Pinterest Though avian influenza (also known as bird flu) mainly spreads among birds and domesticated fowl like chickens, it can spread to