Mississippi Reports First Outbreak Of Deadly H7N9 Bird Flu In The U.S. Since 2017
As the United States battles new strains of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, AKA bird flu, the State of ...
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Avian Flu Is Rapidly Spreading Across Antarctica
A deadly strain of H5N1, commonly known as avian flu, has been found in birds across the Antarctic peninsula. Scientists are worried about the devastating impact the virus could have on wildlife.
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H5N1 bird flu moves closer to Australia, New Zealand
Australia has failed to undertake any testing of wildlife for the high pathogenicity avian influenza H5N1 virus on its Heard and McDonald Island territories this summer, despite French researchers ...
Avian Flu is Tearing Through the Antarctic Peninsula
"The great advantage of Antarctica is that one never gets ill," said Robert Scott. A lot can change in 100 years, and H5N1 is ...
New Scientist on MSN7d
H5N1 flu is now killing birds on the continent of Antarctica
A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could devastate populations of ...
New Antarctica Swift Field Tests To Speed Up Avian Influenza Monitoring
“The benefit of this is that samples don’t need to be sent to a laboratory for testing, a process which can take weeks from ...
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Antarctica Swift Tests Boost Bird Flu Monitoring
Sampling and timely testing for avian influenza in remote locations like Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands is now a step closer thanks the ...
Avian influenza H5N1 in subantarctic region raise alert level for Australian islands
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu travelled 6,600 kilometres over the sea to Kerguelen Island, which is just 440km from ...
A looming global threat: H5N1 virus decimates wildlife, disrupts ecosystems and endangers human health
We live in an era when human activities are negatively modifying the world at alarming rates. We are experiencing a massive ...
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Bird flu alert: India detects H5N1 in domestic cats for the first time. How to prevent infection
In a worrying first for India, cases of avian influenza (H5N1) have been detected in domestic cats, with Chhindwara district in Madhya Pradesh emerging as the epicenter. Scientists are now raising ...