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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued emergency use instructions for the antiviral drug oseltamivir, also known as Tamiflu, in response to recent cases of bird flu in humans. The guidelines provide directions for treating or preventing infection with...
The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, commonly called bird flu, has led to the culling of millions of birds in the United States and Europe. In May, Brazil decreed a 180-day animal health emergency after detecting several cases, and Ecuador confirmed the presence of the virus in some birds ...
“The risk of H5 bird flu remains low in Los Angeles County, but these confirmed cases of the virus in pet cats are a reminder that consuming raw dairy and meat products can lead to severe illness in cats," said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Departm...
Over the previous four years there had been between 1-4 deaths from bird flu each year. Between 2003-2009, there were 468 cases and 282 deaths worldwide, with 134 of the fatalities recorded in Indonesia. The countries with the next highest tolls were Vietnam (57), Egypt (27), China (...
A 50-year-old man has died from bird flu in Cambodia, the health ministry said on Sunday, the second death from the virus recorded in the country this year.
Bird flu is a viral respiratory disease of poultry and other bird species, including migratory waterbirds, that can be transmitted to humans. The first known human cases were reported in 1997.
The World Health Organization voiced alarm Thursday at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an "extraordinarily high" mortality rate.
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Cumulative data on cases of the currently circulating H5N1 flu shows that outbreaks have been ongoing in the United States since at least 2022 (when data started being collected on the disease in wild birds, poultry and humans; cumulative data started being collected among cattle only in March,...