Bird flu strikes UK: First human case detected
The unidentified Brit, thought to be from the West Midlands, is believed to have contracted it on a farm, where they had ...
What would happen if a bird flu apocalypse DID hit Britain: Inside the Government's new top secret pandemic plan... and what they've decided about another lockdown
The Mail has recruited leading virologists, epidemiologists and pandemic planners to imagine the kind of scenario that might ...
Should I be worried about bird flu? Separating fact from fiction
Scientists are concerned that bird flu may eventually mutate so that it can readily spread among people – something it cannot ...
Avian flu isn’t ‘one mutation away’ from becoming the next pandemic – yet
The H5N1 virus has a ways to go before it can successfully jump to humans but that it doesn’t reduce the threat it poses.
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European states tighten avian flu restrictions
New cases of HPAI have been identified in the wild bird populations of 13 European countries over past two weeks.
The Providence Journal5d
DEM reports bird flu detected in Washington County; 40 birds euthanized
PROVIDENCE − The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced on Friday that H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been detected in a noncommercial farm flock in southern ...
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FDA asks pet food manufacturers to adhere to safety plans in the wake of H5N1
The FDA has advised pet food manufacturers to update safety plans in response to the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The virus, which can severely affect cats, has been linked to uncooked or ...
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Washington County cat tests positive for avian influenza H5N1; ODA has tips on how to protect your cat
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A cat in Washington County recently tested positive for Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza (HPAI, more specifically avian influenza type A H5N1), the Oregon Department of ...
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H5N1 Virus Found in Beef for First Time, FSIS Says
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Friday that the H5N1 virus was discovered in meat from a single cull dairy cow as part of testing of 96 dairy cows. APHIS said the meat ...
The Boston Globe3d
‘It would be devastating’: Bird flu has likely entered Massachusetts
Local chicken farmers are bumping up precautions after officials recently announced that bird flu has likely entered Massachusetts. State officials said last week they suspect the latest highly ...
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A single mutation could make H5N1 flu a human threat
Digitally-colourised, negative-stained transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image depicting influenza A virions A single mutation in the H5N1 strain of avian influenza that is infecting cattle ...