Bird flu: WHO recommends increased surveillance
With four human cases of bird flu recorded in the United States in recent months, the World Health Organization is ...
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Bird flu: researchers warn US government about lack of tests
In the United States, researchers are calling on the government to warn of the lack of screening tests for H5N1 ...
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Bird flu: EU orders vaccine to prevent transmission to humans
To combat bird flu, the European Commission has concluded a contract to purchase 665,000 doses of a vaccine intended for ...
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H5N2 bird flu: death of first human case is “multifactorial”
The death of the first human case of H5N2 bird flu was multifactorial and not attributable to the virus, according ...
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H5N2 bird flu: first human victim, according to WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed the first death linked to H5N2 avian influenza on June 5, 2024. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Bird flu: third person infected in the United States
In Michigan, a man has tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu linked to an outbreak in dairy ...
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Avian flu: experimental mRNA vaccine targets H5N1 virus
American researchers have developed an experimental messenger RNA vaccine that has proven effective against the avian flu virus in animal ...
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A second person contracts bird flu in the United States
In Michigan, United States, a person was infected with bird flu. This is the second case of transmission from cattle ...
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Avian flu: cats died after drinking contaminated raw cow’s milk
Across the Atlantic, cats have died from avian flu after drinking raw cow's milk, that is to say unpasteurized, contaminated ...
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United States: Pasteurized milk contains traces of avian flu virus
Traces of the H5N1 virus have been found in pasteurized milk from cows contaminated with avian flu. American health authorities ...
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Avian flu: infected dolphin discovered in Florida
Researchers at the University of Florida report discovering a dolphin infected with the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Avian flu: a walrus dies from infection, a first for this mammal
In the Arctic, a walrus was found dead in the summer of 2023. According to analyses, it was suffering from ...
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H5N1: contaminated cows produce milk highly concentrated in viruses
In the United States, the avian influenza virus, H5N1, was discovered at high concentration levels in the milk of contaminated ...
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Avian flu: the transmission of a new strain to humans worries the WHO
Authorities fear that the avian flu virus will mutate and adapt to become transmissible from human to human. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Avian flu: a person infected by a dairy cow in the United States
In the United States, a person tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian flu after coming into contact with ...
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Avian flu: “unprecedented” cases detected in cows in the United States
Dairy cattle in the United States recently tested positive for a contagious strain of bird flu. A first, according to ...
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Avian flu: how to avoid transmission to humans?
To limit the risks of transmission of avian flu between animals and humans, it is important to take individual protection ...
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Avian flu in the North: what are the risks for humans?
While outbreaks of avian flu have been identified in the North and in Belgium, Why Doctor takes stock of the ...
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WHO fears that avian flu adapts “more easily” to humans
The multiplication of cases of avian influenza in mammals is of concern to the WHO because it could promote the ...
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Avian flu: researchers concerned about the rapid evolution of the H5N1 virus
The H5N1 virus is more aggressive and the avian flu more serious than in previous years in animals but, for ...
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H3N8 flu: a woman dies in China, a first known in the world
A woman has died of H3N8 bird flu in China, making her the first recorded victim to date, the WHO ...
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H5N1 virus: 45 municipalities under surveillance after the infection of a seagull
While the presence of the H5N1 bird flu virus on a seagull has been confirmed in the Basque Country, the ...
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Avian flu: how to protect yourself in the event of risky exposure?
While since October 2021, Europe has been suffering from the most devastating avian flu epizootic it has known, Public Health ...
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Avian flu in Cambodia: the hypothesis of human-to-human transmission ruled out
The young bird flu victim in Cambodia is not the source of her father's infection, according to health authorities. THE ...
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Avian flu: a second case of human contamination in Cambodia
In Cambodia, the father of the 11-year-old girl who died of bird flu also tested positive for the H5N1 virus ...
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Avian flu: 11-year-old girl dies after being infected
In Cambodia, the death of a young girl after contracting avian flu comes after no death had occurred in the ...
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H5N1 avian flu: the next pandemic to fear?
The H5N1 avian flu continues to plague the world. Cases of contamination in mammals, particularly within a mink farm in ...
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Avian flu: vaccinations will take place in autumn 2023
While Europe is experiencing the “most devastating” avian flu epizootic in its history and in France, two million poultry were ...
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H5N8 avian flu: “no risk of transmission to humans” assures the government
After Russia informed that it had detected a first case of transmission to humans of the H5N8 strain of avian ...
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Avian flu: a new focus on the Franco-Belgian border
A second outbreak of H5N8 flu has been detected by the Belgian health authorities in an individual.Concern is growing in ...
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