Bird flu outbreak in the U.S. raises concerns of human transmission
Tengrinews.kz – A recent bird flu outbreak in the United States has sparked concerns among experts that the virus could mutate and potentially
Milk to be tested for bird flu virus in US
Tengrinews.kz – The US Department of Agriculture will begin testing milk supplies to the country for the presence of the bird flu virus, known
Bird flu detected in a child for the first time in the US
Tengrinews.kz – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed the first case of avian influenza (H5N1) in a child,
China bird flu death reported as 2014 toll rises
A man has died from the H7N9 bird flu strain in eastern China, at the end of a year in which cases of the virus have accelerated.
Netherlands bans poultry transport after discovering bird flu
Dutch officials banned the transport of poultry in the Netherlands after the discovery of a highly infectious strain of bird flu which could jump to humans.
Japan culls 112,000 chickens after bird flu outbreak
Japan has finished slaughtering 112,000 chickens after confirming its first bird flu infections for three years, with authorities stepping up efforts to swiftly contain the latest outbreak, officials said Tuesday.
China bird flu deaths reach 72 this year: government
A total of 72 people died from the H7N9 bird flu strain in China in the first two months of this year, government figures showed, far more than in the whole of 2013.
Chinese scientists sound warning over new bird flu
Chinese scientists sounded the alarm Wednesday after a new bird flu virus, H10N8, killed an elderly woman in December and infected another individual last month.
Three H7N9 cases in same Chinese family: Xinhua
Three members of the same Chinese family have contracted H7N9 bird flu in the province worst-affected by the current spike in cases, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
China 'downgrades' H7N9 bird flu description
China has reportedly downgraded H7N9 bird flu in humans, dropping its description as "infectious" in new guidelines on how to deal with the disease, even as new cases spike with the onset of winter.
China confirms human death from new bird flu type
A 73-year-old Chinese woman has died of a type of bird flu new in humans, health officials say, but experts believe the risk of it spreading between people is low.
Taiwan doctors urge vigilance over new bird flu virus
Researchers in Taiwan on Thursday called on watchdogs to keep up their guard after a flu virus that commonly circulates among chickens was found for the first time in a human being.
New H7N9 bird flu death confirmed in China: hospital
A Chinese woman infected with the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus died of multiple organ failure, a Beijing hospital said, bringing the total fatalities from the disease to 45.
Researchers propose new experiments on mutant bird flu
Scientists proposed developing a more potent strain of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on Wednesday to examine how mutant forms might spread among humans, a topic that has stoked global alarm in the past.
First likely case of H7N9 bird flu spread by humans reported
Chinese scientists on Wednesday reported the first likely case of direct person-to-person transmission of the H7N9 bird flu virus that has killed over 40 people since March.
H7N9 bird flu kills about 1/3 hospitalised patients: study
The H7N9 bird flu that hit China this year killed over a third of hospitalised patients, said researchers Monday who labelled the virus "less serious" but probably more widespread than previously thought.
No new H7N9 cases in China for a week: government
No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March.
Bird flu costs China industry $65 bn: state media
China's human H7N9 bird flu outbreak has cost the country's poultry industry more than 400 billion yuan ($65 billion) as consumers shun chicken.
China reports four more deaths, 129 bird flu cases
The death toll from the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China has risen to 31.
WHO team probes bird flu in Shanghai
A World Health Organisation team was due Monday to wrap up a trip to Shanghai, centre of China's bird flu outbreak which has killed 20 people, as part of an investigation into how the virus is spreading.
