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Mexican child infected with H5N1 bird flu dies from respiratory complications
A 3-year-old girl from Durango, Mexico, has died from H5N1 Bird Flu, according to the World Health Organization. The child ...
Canada's National Observer6d
Bird flu finds its way into western wildlife
The cougar was euthanized, and his tissue samples, which were tested for a number of diseases, revealed the presence of the ...
AgWeb5d
H5N1 Virus Found in Beef for First Time, FSIS Says
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Friday that the H5N1 virus was discovered in meat from a single cull dairy cow as part of testing of 96 dairy cows. APHIS said the meat ...
Medical Xpress1mon
Current antivirals don't work well against H5N1 avian influenza virus in cows' milk, scientists find
As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus's threat to human health. The virus has been found in dairy cows' milk and has infected farm ...
NPR1mon
If bird flu jumps to humans, immunity from seasonal flu may offer some protection
Even though the official tally of human cases in the U.S. is most certainly an undercount, there's still no evidence this strain of H5N1 has spread widely among us. But if the virus gains certain ...
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Bird flu tops list of viruses likely to cause another pandemic - so authorities are on high alert
It just happens to have been in Yorkshire. But the H5N1 virus is also found quite widely in US dairy cattle. And Sky News revealed in December that horses can harbour the virus too. These are ...