Avian influenza

A bird flu strain that is very rare in humans has claimed a woman’s life in China, authorities have confirmed.According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the 56-year-old woman from Guangdong in China’s south was the third person to…

Topline A woman in China has become the first person in the world to die from a strain of bird flu rarely found in humans, the World Health Organization confirmed Wednesday, as concerns grow over the risk bird flu outbreaks pose to humans.…

The virus infected a cat in France in late December. (File photo/Reuters)Understanding the symptoms, transmission, and prevention of bird flu is crucial in protecting both human and animal populations.Bird flu, also known as avian…

A severe case of bird flu was detected in Chile in a 53-year-old man who is now said to be in a stable condition. Also known as avian influenza, bird flu is a type A influenza virus that spreads between wild and domesticated birds and is…

Some of the world’s leading makers of flu vaccines say they could make hundreds of millions of bird flu shots for humans within months if a new strain of avian influenza ever jumps across the species divide. One current outbreak of…

Two human cases of bird flu have reportedly been detected in China as concerns about the outbreak’s potential threat to the global population grow.The largest ever bird flu outbreak – caused by the deadly H5N1 strain – is rapidly moving…

A World Health Organization (WHO) official has called the global H5N1 avian influenza situation ... "worrying." There have now been two reported cases of the virus infecting humans in Cambodia. Here workers prepare ducks at a market in…

The current epidemic of avian influenza has killed over 58 million birds in the US as of February 2023. Following on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, large outbreaks of viruses like bird flu raise the specter of another disease jumping…

Federal scientists are gearing up to test the first vaccines in poultry against bird flu in years, as Biden administration officials say they have now begun weighing an unprecedented shift in the U.S. strategy to counter the growing…

The bird flu outbreak ravaging global poultry flocks is now the worst since records began, driving a spike in the price of eggs, threatening free-range chicken and risking long-term impacts to animal health. (Also read: Bird Flu outbreak:…