South African authorities have confirmed new outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain on two poultry ...

A strain of bird flu that has jumped from animals to people in the United States could find its way to Europe, EU scientists ...

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

Great Britain is the only country in the region to have recorded new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in ...

South Africa is grappling with a resurgence of the H5N1 bird flu, following outbreaks on poultry farms in Tswaing and Mkhondo ...

The University of Minnesota is stepping up efforts to identify biological threats that could trigger an epidemic, launching ...

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The H5N1 virus caused the first human outbreak of avian influenza in Hong Kong in 1997. 1 Over the next 16 years, up to June 2013, more than 600 human cases with 60% mortality have been reported from ...

As of June 16, nine HPAI outbreaks had occurred in Vietnamese poultry so far this year, reported DanViet, citing agriculture ...

HEALTH chiefs have warned of the danger of touching sick or dead wild birds – over risks of bird flu. In recent weeks, groups ...

The institute confirmed that both individuals tested positive for the H5N1 virus. They are the 9th and 10th cases of bird flu ...