French bird flu vaccine campaign helps poultry output recover, producers sayFrance's 2023 bird flu vaccination campaign has successfully helped poultry production bounce back to pre-crisis levels. Despite concerns a...
19 Feb, 2025, 09.59 AM IST
Bird Flu jumps species in the U.S.: Scientists alarmed as virus spreads to cats, cows. Are humans next?A new strain of avian flu, H5N1, has spread to dairy cows and domestic cats in the U.S., with a dairy worker in Nevada testing positive for...
18 Feb, 2025, 10.16 PM IST
H5N9 and H5N1: What’s the difference, and is California at risk after the recent outbreak?H5N9 and H5N1 are two strains of bird flu that have recently sparked concern, especially after a significant outbreak at a California duck ...
29 Jan, 2025, 12.47 AM IST
US reports first serious case of bird fluBird Flu in Human: A Louisiana resident has been hospitalized with a severe H5N1 bird flu infection, the first serious human case in the US...
19 Dec, 2024, 09.26 AM IST
UK on a vaccine buying spree. Are we staring at another pandemic?The UK government has bought five million doses of the H5 influenza vaccine from CSL Seqirus UK Limited to prepare for a potential bird flu...
03 Dec, 2024, 08.12 PM IST
Can bird flu trigger another pandemic and cause more lockdowns? Here's what experts have to say on the possibilityA teenager in British Columbia is critically ill with Canada's first case of the H5N1 bird flu strain. While the virus has spread to humans...
15 Nov, 2024, 07.34 PM IST
What is the H5N1 virus that is growingly rapidly? Here is everything you need to knowH5N1 which is also known as the bird flu is growing rapidly in the US and in other parts of the world. Though there are no human-to-human t...
01 Jul, 2024, 11.26 PM IST
First human case of H5N2 bird flu died from multiple factors: WHOWHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier in Geneva clarified the man's death as multi-factorial, with ongoing investigations on the source of H...
08 Jun, 2024, 06.48 AM IST
France puts country on 'high' alert for bird fluAvian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has led to the culling of hundreds of millions birds worldwide in recent years. It usually str...
05 Dec, 2023, 02.04 PM IST
China detects another human case of influenza A H3N8This is reportedly the third such case, after China reported two H3N8 cases in 2022 involving a four-year-old boy from Zhumadian City in He...
28 Mar, 2023, 12.53 PM IST
Bird Flu: Which countries are affected, what are the risks to people, and should you be concerned?The risk to humans is low, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization. As a precaution, people are ...
15 Feb, 2023, 05.54 PM IST
Human-to-human transmission of bird flu rare, no need to panic: AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria"The transmission of the virus from birds to humans is rare and sustained human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus has not yet been es...
21 Jul, 2021, 03.15 PM IST
Bird flu spreads to 11 statesThe disease has been confirmed in states including Rajasthan, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Ut...
15 Jan, 2021, 08.10 PM IST
Bird flu spreads to 10 states; Centre allays fears of transmission to humansPrime Minister Narendra Modi asked all state governments to remain alert and ensure a constant vigil near places such as water bodies, zoos...
11 Jan, 2021, 09.04 PM IST
Bird flu outbreak confirmed in 10 states so farThe outbreak was confirmed in seven states -- Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh -- as...
11 Jan, 2021, 05.47 PM IST
- China reports first bird flu outbreak of 2009
China has reported its first bird flu outbreak among poultry this year, with thousands of fowl destroyed in the nation's far northwest to p...
11 Feb, 2009, 09.23 AM IST
- WB asks for 'all possible help' to defeat bird flu
West Bengal, battling the country's worst outbreak of deadly bird flu, appealed on Saturday to the federal government to send "all possible...
26 Jan, 2008, 03.10 PM IST