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.
A cluster of 8 Possible H5N1 Bird Flu Cases Now Reported In US Missouri; Antibody Tests Still Awaited
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. However, state health officials are still awaiting antibody tests to confirm whether the H5N1 infection is growing,
6 people tested after exposure to Missouri bird flu patient. What we do & don’t know
None of the health care workers or other contact have tested positive for avian flu antibodies so far — but could their illness signal human-to-human transmission?
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.
Human-to-human spread of bird flu in Missouri: What to know
A cluster of healthcare workers has been tested for H5N1 bird flu in what could be the first cases of human-to-human spread of the virus.
More health-care workers in contact with Missouri bird flu patient report respiratory symptoms
Four more health-care workers who tended to a person hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu have revealed that they had respiratory symptoms after their exposures, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Second Health Care Worker Exposed to Person with Bird Flu Had Symptoms. Here’s What We Know and Don’t Know
Experts call for greater testing of contacts of a person who was infected with the H5N1 bird flu strain before the virus causes a wider outbreak
Four more US health workers show symptoms after contact with Missouri bird flu patient
(Reuters) -Four additional healthcare workers in Missouri who came in contact with a hospitalized bird flu patient developed mild respiratory symptoms but the virus was not confirmed in any of them, U.
Scientists race to investigate possible human transmission of H5N1 in US outbreak
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Sequencing wastewater material may be the key to getting a grip on the H5N1 bird flu outbreak
Dhillon is an instructor in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
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H5N1 bird flu is mutating fast and jumping to mammals - could the next pandemic be here?
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Bird flu outbreak in Hungarian counties, all parts of the country at risk
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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 ...
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Bird flu is evolving and attempts to stop it are ‘not working’
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Bird flu casts a wider net as U.S. health officials keep drip-feeding information on Fridays
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With avian flu now in 34 California dairy herds, health experts watch closely
But the leap in the number of infected herds — tripling from 10 to 34 in the past week at California’s 1,000 dairies — is ...