Tag: bird flu

• Monday, May 4th 2015 - 14:16 UTC

  Avian flu in the US: third state declares state of emergency

  

  State of Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency due to a rapidly expanding avian flu outbreak, saying the entire state was at risk from the spread of the disease.

• Wednesday, November 19th 2014 - 04:18 UTC

  Bird flu highly contagious H5N8 strain in England, Netherlands and Germany

  

  Bird flu on a duck farm in northern England is the highly contagious H5N8 strain, the same form of the virus already discovered in Germany and the Netherlands, Britain's farm ministry confirmed on Tuesday.

• Friday, April 26th 2013 - 14:39 UTC

  Chinese scientists confirm new bird flu strain jumped from chickens to humans

  

  Chinese scientists have confirmed for the first time that a new strain of bird flu that has killed 23 people in China has been transmitted to humans from chickens. In a study published online in the Lancet medical journal, the scientists echoed previous statements from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Chinese officials that there is as yet no evidence of human-to-human transmission of this virus.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 23:40 UTC

  New bird flu strain in China “one of the most lethal” warns WHO

  

  A new bird flu strain that has killed 22 people in China is “one of the most lethal” of its kind and transmits more easily to humans than another strain that has killed hundreds since 2003, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Wednesday.

• Saturday, April 20th 2013 - 06:00 UTC

  New strain of bird flu has capacity to mutate rapidly; could become transmissible among humans

  

  The new strain of bird flu that has killed 17 people in China has been circulating widely “under the radar” and has acquired significant genetic diversity that makes it more of a threat, warned scientists.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 17:43 UTC

  FMD outbreak in South Korea under control, but Seoul now faces bird flu

  

  South Korea is moving to stem future cases of bird flu as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks have been largely put under control, the government.