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Cows are now spreading bird flu to each other — here's why that's problematic for humans
Avian influenza H5N1 has spread to US cattle, raising concerns about its potential to infect mammal…
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WHO confirms human case of bird flu in India! H9N2 virus detected in a four-year child in West Bengal
The World Health Organisation has confirmed the human case of bird flu in India, after the H9N2 vir…
ANI
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Bird flu could jump to humans any day. A former surgeon general says it feels like 2020 again.
H5N1 avian flu virus is spreading in cattle herds. Former surgeon general Jerome Adams, who served …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Bird flu particles were found in pasteurized milk. A former surgeon general says he isn't changing what he eats.
Store-bought milk may contain genetic fragments of H5N1 bird flu virus, but a former surgeon genera…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
How worried should we be about bird flu?
The new strain of bird flu has infected more than 90 million chickens and has spread to dairy cows …
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Why 4 new bird flu developments have experts worried about the virus
The H5N1 bird flu virus is changing and getting more opportunities to adapt to humans. Experts are …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A new study suggests a culprit in bird flu's rapid spread through US cattle, and how to stop it
Raw milk is a hazard to cows, workers, and consumers, a new study suggests. There a few things dair…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists warn of bird flu pandemic that could be '100 times worse' than COVID after rare human case found in US
The H5N1 avian flu has spread rapidly since a new strain was detected in 2020 affecting wild birds …
ANI
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The 3rd human case of bird flu in the US has 2 new and troubling symptoms
The H5N1 avian-flu virus has its third known infection in a US farmworker. Unlike previous patients…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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New variant of H5N1 bird flu spreads to marine mammals, heightening concerns for human transmission
Alarmingly, all samples from Argentina, encompassing sea lions, fur seals, and terns, tested positi…
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What you need to know about eating meat, dairy, and eggs during the bird flu outbreak, according to a food safety expert
Avian flu has been detected in multiple US states. A food safety expert explained how you should th…
Julia Pugachevsky
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Japan killed 17 million chickens amid an outbreak of bird flu. Now it's running out of space to bury them.
Birds are culled to prevent the risk of the virus infecting other animals and humans, which in turn…
Huileng Tan
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A leading bird flu expert says this 'nasty' outbreak is here to stay: 'There's something different about this virus'
Bird flu expert Richard Webby says the H5N1 virus killing poultry at an alarming rate 'is most defi…
Hilary Brueck
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The worst bird-flu outbreak in US history is 'wiping out everything in numbers we've never seen before.' Here's what you need to know.
The new, more contagious bird-flu virus, H5N1, has decimated wild-bird populations and contributed …
Bethany Dawson
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What to know about H5N1 bird flu in humans as a girl dies in Cambodia and her father tests positive
The strain of bird flu that killed the girl, H5N1, can transmit between humans but it's rare, exper…
Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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A prison inmate in a pre-release work program was the first recorded human case of the bird flu in the US
The virus outbreak is highly contagious to birds — so much so that almost 27 million chickens and t…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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A bird flu outbreak is killing bald eagles and driving up egg prices
Experts are worried about an outbreak of H5N1, a highly contagious flu strain that's dangerous to b…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Bird flu has led to the deaths of more than 50 million farm birds and sickened dozens of mammals. 3 charts show whether humans should be worried.
A nasty version of bird flu has been killing chickens, turkeys, wild birds, and even some mammals a…
Hilary Brueck
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Bird flu scare: Jammu and Kashmir government bans import of poultry
The ban was announced on Thursday and comes into effect from Friday. An order issued by Navin…
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Bird flu scare: 48,000 birds will be culled in Kerala while Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on high alert
Kerala’s Minister of Forests, Wildlife Protection and Animal husbandry K Raju has confirmed the …