Bird Flu
26 Feb
A two-year-old girl has died from bird flu in Cambodia, officials said, the Southeast Asian nation's second death from the virus this year. The girl caught the virus playing near sick chickens at her home in southeastern Prey Veng province and died on Tuesday after suffering fever, coughing and breathing difficulties, the health ministry said…
19 Feb
The Department of Agriculture is trying to re-hire several employees it accidentally fired at the weekend who were working on the US response to bird flu, local media reported. "Although several positions supporting (bird flu efforts) were notified of their terminations over the weekend, we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those…
22 Jan
The Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as bird flu, in a 3,000-capacity poultry farm in Iriebe, Obio/Akpor Local Council of Rivers State.
18 Jan
US health officials announced Friday they were awarding $590 million to Moderna to develop mRNA vaccines against influenza, including advancing the company's bird flu vaccine, as fears of a new pandemic grow. The funding will help Moderna "enhance mRNA platform capabilities so that the US is better prepared to respond to other emerging infectious diseases,"…
15 Jan
The Enugu State Government on Wednesday alerted residents about an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) known as bird flu reported in Kano State. The outbreak has affected various bird species, including layers, ducks, guinea fowl, and turkeys. The government stated that given the disease’s epidemiology and the current environmental conditions in Nigeria, there…
15 Jan
The Gwale Veterinary Clinic on Wednesday confirmed the outbreak of birds flu in Kano, which killed 32 birds in the area. The officee in-charge of the clinic, Dr Abdullahi Gaya, made the confirmation in an interview with newsmen in Kano. Gaya said the Index Case of the disease was first observed on December 7, when…
7 Jan
Louisiana health authorities on Monday reported the first human death in the United States linked to bird flu, while noting the patient had underlying medical conditions and that general risks to the public remained "low."
5 Jan
Japanese authorities began culling some 50,000 chickens Sunday after a bird flu outbreak at a farm in the northern Iwate region. It is the 19th bird flu outbreak of the season in Japan, the agriculture ministry said. The latest farm reported increasing deaths of fowl, and test results confirmed Sunday that bird flu was the…
28 Nov
The World Health Organization on Thursday urged countries to step up surveillance for bird flu after the first case was detected in a child
23 May 2024
A second case of bird flu has been found in a human, US health authorities announced Wednesday, less then two months after the first one as an outbreak of the disease circulates widely among dairy cows.
18 Apr 2024
The World Health Organization voiced alarm Thursday at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an "extraordinarily high" mortality rate.
28 Mar 2024
Cows at dairy farms in Texas and Kansas tested positive for a contagious strain of bird flu in an "unprecedented development," Texan farming authorities said Wednesday. The Texas Department of Agriculture and with other state and national agencies "are working around the clock to ensure the safety of our food supply," said Texas agriculture commissioner…
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