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Bird flu alert in Canada as teen tests positive; officials launch investigation
While human infections are uncommon, recent cases in humans with no known animal exposure have rais…
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Bird flu was detected in a pig, and it could be a tipping point threatening more human transmission
Pigs are mixing bowls for bird flu and human flu viruses, increasing the risk of mutations that hel…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Cows are now spreading bird flu to each other — here's why that's problematic for humans
Avian influenza H5N1 has spread to US cattle, raising concerns about its potential to infect mammal…
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New variant of H5N1 bird flu spreads to marine mammals, heightening concerns for human transmission
Alarmingly, all samples from Argentina, encompassing sea lions, fur seals, and terns, tested positi…
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Bird flu could jump to humans any day. A former surgeon general says it feels like 2020 again.
H5N1 avian flu virus is spreading in cattle herds. Former surgeon general Jerome Adams, who served …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists warn of bird flu pandemic that could be '100 times worse' than COVID after rare human case found in US
The H5N1 avian flu has spread rapidly since a new strain was detected in 2020 affecting wild birds …
ANI
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Bird flu has led to the deaths of more than 50 million farm birds and sickened dozens of mammals. 3 charts show whether humans should be worried.
A nasty version of bird flu has been killing chickens, turkeys, wild birds, and even some mammals a…
Hilary Brueck
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A leading bird flu expert says this 'nasty' outbreak is here to stay: 'There's something different about this virus'
Bird flu expert Richard Webby says the H5N1 virus killing poultry at an alarming rate 'is most defi…
Hilary Brueck
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What to know about H5N1 bird flu in humans as a girl dies in Cambodia and her father tests positive
The strain of bird flu that killed the girl, H5N1, can transmit between humans but it's rare, exper…
Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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A 'highly pathogenic strain' of H5N1 bird flu has been reported in China's Hunan province
"The designation of low or highly pathogenic avian influenza refers to the potential for these viru…
Connor Perrett,Connor Perrett
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A new swine-flu strain with 'pandemic potential' was just found circulating in Chinese pigs
A new flu strain in Chinese pigs shares genes with the virus that caused the 2009 H1N1 pandemic and…
Holly Secon
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Here's What Happens When You Get Bird Flu
As your lungs continue to fail and the virus wreaks havoc on your body, you go into septic shock as…
Jennifer Welsh
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A Brand New Hybrid Bird Flu In China Has Scientists Worried
An increase in new bird flu viruses being detected in humans could be a result of the Chinese gover…
Jennifer Welsh
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It's far more likely that the coronavirus jumped naturally from bats to people than leaked from a lab — at least 4 other viruses did the same thing in the last 45 years
Both genetic studies and historical evidence suggest the new coronavirus jumped naturally from anim…
Aylin Woodward
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One chart shows how the Wuhan coronavirus compares to other major outbreaks and pandemics in the last 50 years
Since December 31, the Wuhan coronavirus has killed at least 170 people and infected …
Aylin Woodward,Shayanne Gal
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The World Health Organization has listed 'Disease X' as the next potential pandemic - here's how worried you should be
Writing in the Daily Mail, Dr. Jonathan Quick, a faculty member of Harvard Medical School and chair…
Kevin Loria
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A health-security expert says we're in an 'age of epidemics.' We can expect a future outbreak worse than the Wuhan coronavirus.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which spread in China 17 years ago, was also a coronaviru…
Aylin Woodward,Aria Bendix,Ar…
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10 People You've Never Heard Were Just Named The Most Important Scientists Of The Year
Less than two days after confirming a new and deadly bird flu virus was infecting people in China, …