After bird flu jumped to dairy cows in March, the H5N1 virus has spread among cattle across nine different states, stoking fears about the potential impact of the virus on humans. Public health officials are closely monitoring for any signs H5N1 is mutating into a form that could spread ...
The risk of bird flu spreading in humans is low at the moment - but it doesn't mean it will necessarily stay that way, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. H5N1 influenza - commonly known asbird flu- hascropped up in mammals around the world, from grizzly bears to dolphins...
根据空前“The biggest risk comes from prolonged and close contact with infected birds.(最大的风险来自长时间和受感染的禽类密切接触。)”提到了长时间和受感染的禽类密切接触的人有感染病毒的风险。中间是过渡句,前后是顺承关系,G项“This means farmers who need to handle poultry are more likely to catch...
Two of the government's senior scientists are at loggerheads over the risk of a human flu pandemic. As experts in Scotland continued the search for birds infected with the H5N1 virus, con-fusion reigned in the Department of Health and the Department of Trade and Industry over just how great...
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.
Bird flu: What threat to humans? There are lots of different types of bird flu and most are harmless to people. Some can potentially spread from birds to people if there is prolonged and close contact. How do people get it? The biggest risk comes from prolonged and close contact with inf...
The term "bird flu" refers to a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A, classified as H5N1. Wild birds carry and transmit this flu, though most do not get sick from it. However, it has been detected in birds and mammals at farms such as poultry and d
The first is that we do everything right. We could continue to improve the timely surveillance of animals and raw milk — batches of which have been recalled forpotential bird flu risk— to better identify infected herds and understand the true magnitude and dynamics of infection. This step wi...
The case brings the national total to 14 so far this year, according to federal data. MORE: CDC preparing for 'possibility of increased risk to human health' from bird flu The latest case in Missouri was in an adult with underlying medical conditions, the Missouri Department...
Amid a global bird die-off from avian flu, officials have also noticed the deadly virus strain, called H5N1, infecting a growing number of mammals. This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged authorities to remain vigilant—but not panic—about the virus’s potential risk ...