The H5N1 avian flu virus has been discovered in a small number of wild birds in New York City, US, HealthDay reported.
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Health officials have found a possible sign that a highly contagious disease could be quickly spreading in Upstate New York.
The virus has killed tens of millions of birds and infected hundreds of species of animals, including dairy cattle in the ...
While a multi-state spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been detected in livestock and one human throughout the last few months, no cases have yet to be reported in New York state.
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"The U.S. is underprepared for bird flu because we have not learned our lessons from COVID," a public health policy expert ...
When a child in a small Cambodian town fell sick recently, his rapid decline set off a global disease surveillance system.
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, the UN agency's acting director for pandemic preparedness, said it was a 'certainty' the continent would face the threat of influenza.
The new case, in a Michigan farmworker, did not suggest that bird flu was widespread in people, health officials said, adding ...
Australia earlier this week reported its first human case of avian influenza in a child in Victoria whom authorities said had ...
In Florida, bird flu was even detected in a dead bottlenose dolphin, making it the first known cetacean to fall ill with the ...