Bird Flu

Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows

Health
Sarah Carter

“The flu can be spread by faecal-oral routes, and so it’s not an impossible scenario that chickens who are infected with H5N1 ...

Student, 21, dies of bird flu strain already in UK and US days after noticing a new cough

Health
Sarah Carter

A STUDENT in Vietnam has died of bird flu just days after noticing a new cough. The 21-year-old tested positive for the ...

‘This could be 100 times worse than Covid’: Bird flu warning from scientists who say HALF of infections with H5N1 in people are fatal – as White House says it’s ‘monitoring’ the situation

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Sarah Carter

A bird flu pandemic could be ‘100 times worse than Covid’ and kill up to half of everyone it infects, experts have warned ...

Social distancing is back as Brits urged to ‘stay away’ from birds amid fears of next human pandemic

Health
Sarah Carter

BRITS must stay at least two meters from wild birds, according to new official advice from health chiefs amid fears of another ...

Boy, 9, dies and brother, 16, infected with lethal strain of bird flu already detected in UK

Health
Sarah Carter

A NINE-year-old boy has died of bird flu, just days before his brother, 16, tested positive. The child, from the northeastern province ...