The discovery of traces of the bird flu virus in pasteurized cow milk in the United States sparked questions over whether the disease could spread to humans, but experts say there is little risk from food contamination.
Four new human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, infection in the state of Colorado have been confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), bringing the total cases to nine since 2022. (Xinhua) Four new human cases of highly pathogenic avian...
Preventing bird flu outbreak in humans could cost millions, WHO official says
(B)As many countries worry about a possible outbreak of bird flu in humans, there remains a health concernthat is closer to home. Many doctors are worried that we are overusing antibiotics to treat common diseases.After pencillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1929,drugs saved lots of...
least one U.S. pig. Pigs, which contain receptors for both avian and human influenzas, can get simultaneously infected with both, exchange genes and create a novel strain that can more easily infect humans. This is what likely happened with the1918 flu pandemicand again withswine flu in ...
H5N1, initially recognized as a danger to humans during a 1997 outbreak in Hong Kong, emerged when individuals visiting live poultry markets contracted the virus. Since then, sporadic outbreaks have occurred, resulting in over 450 deaths from bird flu infections in the last two decades, as report...
What are symptoms of bird flu in humans? Humans infected with bird flu display a wide range of symptoms, from pneumonia requiring hospitalization to no symptoms at all. The CDC lists these other possible signs of infection: Cough Eye redness Fatigue Fever or feeling feverish Headaches Muscle or...
The virus mainly affects the respiratory tract – the nose, mouth, throat andlungs. But there have been a couple of cases in which the virus infected thebrainand digestive tract in humans, which can be life-threatening. These cases show that bird flu in humans may not always look like the...
“While tragic, a death from H5N1 bird flu in the United States is not unexpected because of the known potential for infection with these viruses to cause severe illness and death,” the agency said in astatementon Monday. Globally, the H5N1 virus ha...
根据空前“The symptoms in humans are similar to those of other types of flu: a temperature, cough, headache, chills, aching muscles and a runny or blocked nose and sneezing.(人类的感染症状与其他类型流感的症状相似:发烧、咳嗽、头痛、发冷、肌肉酸痛、流鼻涕或鼻塞以及打喷嚏。)”讲人类感染此病毒后...