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Bird flu cases have slowed, but experts warn the virus hasn’t disappeared. With egg prices near record highs and the risk of ...
Bird flu cases have been confirmed in more than 1,000 herds nationwide since the virus was first found in dairy cows in March ...
Missouri's case sparked "global concern" since it was the first time a human who had no known contact with infected animals ...
In an unprecedented response to the rapid global spread of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI), stakeholders and experts from across the poultry sector, public health, science, and policy ...
Health officials have been warning about the threat of a bird flu pandemic for months and are seemingly frustrated that the public does not seem concerned. There is no certainty that bird flu will ...
In a bid to get ahead of the next global flu pandemic, scientists have turned to a surprising tool: bird poop. In remote parts of the Indian Ocean and Oceania — regions often neglected during global ...
Step into one of Australia's few biosafety level 4 facilities, where scientists handle highly transmissible and potentially ...
H5N1 avian influenza has long been a concerning virus. Since its discovery in 1996 in waterfowl, bird flu has occasionally caused isolated human cases that have quite often been fatal. But last year ...
A study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem suggests that tracking animal movement and behavior in near real-time could ...
When the next pandemic threat looms, help may come from an unexpected source: wild animals. In a new study led by Prof. Ran ...
Researchers have developed a new type of flu treatment that could have a dramatic impact on the fight against influenza ...
Gov. Mitt Romney announced yesterday at the Governor’s Summit on Pandemic Preparedness the filing of a bill that dedicates $36.5 million to preparing Massachusetts for a potential avian flu pandemic, ...