We told you earlier today, the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed its concern about the increasing spread of the H5N1 strain of avian flu to humans. Yves Van Laethem, infectious disease specialist at Saint-Pierre hospital in Brussels, was our guest on Bel RTL Soir to discuss this virus. This worry brings back bad memories, those … Read more
Latest Outbreak: H5N1 Bird Flu Spreads to Dairy Cattle in Texas Latest Outbreak: H5N1 Bird Flu Spreads to Dairy Cattle in Texas By C Raina MacIntyre, Ashley Quigley, Haley Stone, Matthew Scotch, and Rebecca Dawson | April 8, 2024 The CDC issued a health alert after a cow-to-human transmission of H5N1 bird flu in Texas, … Read more
The Threat of Avian Flu Expands as Second Human Case is Confirmed in Texas Officials collecting samples of the dead migratory birds at the Pong Dam wetland in January (HT file photo) The First Human Case of Avian Flu in Texas Confirmed The threat of Avian Flu, commonly known as bird flu, continues to grow … Read more
According to the press release from the World Health Organization (WHO), the risk of national or international spread of the H3N8 avian flu is “low” despite the first death recorded in China. The victim who died on March 16 The Avian Flu H3N8 made its first human victim in Chine. According to the World Health … Read more
Following the death of an infected girl in Cambodia, her father also tested positive. But an investigation reveals that the virus, highly contagious in birds, was not transmitted between humans. The health authorities of Cambodia have ruled out the hypothesis of a transmission of the Avian Flu between human beings, for the case of a … Read more
The bird flu situation in Cambodia “worrying“according to the WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with Cambodian authorities to take timely action in response to the bird flu situation in the country after detecting two human cases of H5N1 bird flu in a family. >> Cambodia strengthens prevention measures in the capital and … Read more
Published on : 25/01/2023 – 09:13 Avian flu continues to progress in France: 4.6 million poultry have been slaughtered since the summer of 2022. The virus particularly strikes the Pays-de-la-Loire region, the second largest French poultry production region after Brittany. More than a million poultry were euthanized in one month. The epidemic is still accelerating, … Read more
A particularly deadly and contagious strain of bird flu killed millions of farmed poultry and wild birds in 2022. This new epidemic of H5N1, the worst recorded since the appearance of the disease, does not seem to want to slow down. Scientists, lawmakers and animal advocates are worried and looking for solutions to try to … Read more
Avian Influenza: establishment of two areas under surveillance following cases on gulls in Montmartin-sur-mer The avian influenza virus was identified on June 11, 2022 on two gulls found dead in the town of Montmartin-sur-mer. Analysis results are pending to confirm the highly pathogenic nature of the virus detected. The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, which … Read more
Health workers killed and dumped thousands of turkeys on a farm in Denmark on January 6, 2022. The British government found a very rare case of bird flu transmission from birds to humans in southwest England. (Source: Straits Times) LONDON, KOMPAS.TV – The UK’s Health Safety Administration has confirmed a case of bird flu in … Read more