Bird Flu
US poised to invest millions in mRNA bird flu vaccine amid H5N1 scare
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In past influenza pandemics, including the Swine Flu outbreak in 2009, vaccines were often delayed until after the initial waves had already ...
H5N1 virus in latest human case has mutated, officials say
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Testing of the latest human case of bird flu has revealed a “notable” mutation in the virus, officials have said. The case, ...
Bird flu spreads to third Australian farm as 400,000 chickens are slaughtered to halt spread of the virus – day after it emerged child became infected
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Another farm in Australia has been hit by a case of bird flu with around 400,000 chickens set to be slaughtered to ...
US cow-derived H5N1 virus flown to Porton Down under strict security for UK testing
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DEFRA’s involvement in particular has raised concerns among some experts because its principal role is to promote British farm produce. The agency ...
Minced beef tested for traces of killer bird flu as virus spreads to cows and traces found in milk
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HEALTH officials are testing ground beef sold in US supermarkets for traces of killer bird flu as the virus spreads to cows. ...
What the US bird flu outbreak means for the UK
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A strain of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, that has killed millions of wild birds in recent years has been ...
Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows
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“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
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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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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
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BRITS must stay at least two meters from wild birds, according to new official advice from health chiefs amid fears of another ...
