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An influenza strain that emerged over the summer is causing unusually early and severe outbreaks in Canada, the U.K. and Japan, prompting warnings from public health experts about what could be in ...
This year’s flu season is already raising alarms among public health officials and infectious disease experts. According to the BBC, the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) has issued an “SOS” ...
Bird influenzas are known not only for their danger and severity, but also for their ability to jump to other creatures, including humans. However, recently the ongoing H5N1 bird flu was detected in ...
Top doctors are urging people to take up their flu vaccinations ahead of what could be the “most severe flu outbreak in decades” this winter. Hospital admissions are already on the rise for the H3N2 ...
Since late 2021, a panzootic, or "a pandemic in animals," of highly pathogenic bird flu variant H5N1 has devastated wild birds, agriculture, and mammals. Unlike previous outbreaks, aggressive culling ...
A strain of flu called H3N2 is causing outbreaks in the United Kingdom and Canada. Health officials say the virus acquired seven new mutations over the summer which means it is different than this ...
PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the ...
PARIS, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Austria reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a goose farm, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Thursday, as Europe faces a surge in ...