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Bird flu outbreak spills over to farms

Wild birds like pelicans and ducks are dying from a new strain of avian influenza that has spread to farm animals

Salon

'This is unprecedented': Avian flu has killed 12,000 birds in Colorado

The highly pathogenic avian influenza — or bird flu — sweeping across the globe has killed more than 12,000 wild birds in Colorado and the virus is jumping into mammal populations as well, state wildlife officials say.

The Denver Post

Cambodia: No human-to-human bird flu transmission found

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian health authorities have said there was no human-to-human transmission of bird flu in the case of a father and daughter who caught the virus.

Bangkok Post

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Five ways to protect seabirds in Scotland this year amid bird flu epidemic

The National Trust for Scotland has highlighted five steps Scots can take to support iconic wildlife like our puffins and gannets.

Daily Record

When should we worry about bird flu making us sick? When we see human-to-human transmission – and there's no evidence of that yet

Bird flu has been causing growing concern in recent months, with hundreds of millions of birds dying of the virus since October 2021. This is the largest global outbreak.

The Conversation

Adam Minter: Want to control bird flu? Vaccinate the chickens!

An especially virulent strain of bird flu has killed off more than 58 million birds in the U.S. since January 2022. That’s not the toll from disease. It’s mostly the result of whole flocks of poultry slaughtered by American farmers to prevent the virus from spreading after even one infected…

Tribune News Service

Bird flu: Lateral flow tests could return to UK in outbreaks fear

An 11-year-old girl from Cambodia died last week after contracting avian flu strain H5N1

The Independent UK

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Viruses in Cambodian bird flu cases identified as endemic clade

The viruses that infected two people in Cambodia with H5N1 avian influenza have been identified as an endemic clade of bird flu circulating in the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.

Reuters

DDC issues bird flu alert after death in Cambodia

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has put out an alert about a bird flu outbreak after reports of a death in Cambodia.

Bangkok Post

Bird flu: How the UK health authorities are working to prevent a pandemic

Scientists investigating despite low chance of spread among humans

The Independent UK

What is spillover? Bird flu outbreak underscores need for early detection to prevent the next big pandemic

The current epidemic of avian influenza has killed over 58 million birds in the U.S. as of February 2023. Following on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, large outbreaks of viruses like bird flu raise the specter of another disease jumping from animals into humans. This process is called spillover.

The Conversation

Experts say bird flu threat small despite Cambodian fatality

Health authorities in Cambodia say the father of an 11-year-old girl who died this week after contracting bird flu has tested positive for the virus but has not displayed any major symptoms

The Independent UK

The H5N1 bird flu has spread to another Cambodian resident, WHO officials say, urging 'heightened vigilance from all countries'

The test results of 11 additional contacts of the girl, 3 or 4 of which are reportedly symptomatic, have not yet returned.

Fortune

Bird flu situation 'worrying'; WHO working with Cambodia

The World Health Organization is working with Cambodian authorities after two confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu were found among one family in the country.

Reuters

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Evening Standard

UK health chiefs modelling scenarios for bird flu pandemic

It comes after the death of an 11-year-old girl from bird flu in Cambodia

The Times of India

11-year-old girl dies of bird flu in Cambodia; had high fever, cough and sore throat

Young girl from Cambodia's Prey Veng province has died of H5N1 virus bird flu infection on Wednesday, media reports quoting health minister, Mam Bunheng have said. The minister has said it is the first known human infection with the H5N1 strain since 2014.

Wales Online

Bird flu concern with 50% of human cases ending in fatality

Experts have for the past few months been sounding alarm bells about a possible new pandemic and now Dr Quinton Fivelman joins them with his warning

Bangkok Post

Cambodia reports death of 11-year-old girl from bird flu

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia reported an 11-year-old girl from a province east of the capital Phnom Penh died after being infected by the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.

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Fortune

Bird flu has reportedly killed a Cambodian girl and sickened others. What you need to know about H5N1

The mortality rate currently sits between 50% and 60%, according to the WHO and other sources.

Reuters

Analysis-Why public health officials are not panicked about bird flu

A new strain of bird flu that transmits easily among wild birds has triggered an explosive spread into new corners of the globe, infecting and killing a variety of mammals species and raising fears of a pandemic more lethal than COVID-19.

Daily Mirror

Girl, 11, dies from bird flu in country's first infection of virus since 2014

The bird flu, which is known as avian influenza, spreads in poultry but was only deemed a threat after a 1997 outbreak among customers of a live poultry market in Hong Kong - with most cases involving direct contact with infected birds

The Independent UK

Bird flu kills 11-year-old girl in Cambodia, officials say

An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died from bird flu in the country’s first known human H5N1 infection since 2014

The Denver Post

Bird flu risk to people is low despite recent animal infections. But what would it take to cross over to humans?

Right now, the average person has very little risk of contracting bird flu, but whether that could change at some point depends on whether two viruses meet in the wrong animal.

Reuters

Argentina tightens health protocols to control bird flu

Argentina's government adopted new measures on Tuesday to prevent spread of bird flu and limit potential damage to exports as cases rise in the region.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bird flu has been spreading. Though not a worry right now for people, it could become one. Here’s why.

Scientists say another kind of bird flu was likely behind the devastating 1918-1919 flu pandemic, and avian viruses played roles in flu pandemics in 1957, 1968 and 2009.

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