Category: bird flu

Rise in Human Bird Flu Cases in China Shows Risk of Fast-Changing Variants: Health Experts

BEIJING—A jump in the number of people in China infected with bird flu this year is raising concern among experts, who say a previously circulating strain appears to have changed and may be more infectious to people. China has reported 21 human infections with the H5N6 subtype of avian influenza in 2021 to the World…


Rare Bird-Flu Outbreak Jumps to Mammals at Wildlife Center

By Entrepreneur Staff As the world continues to grapple with the effects of COVID-19, a small but concerning virus has also started to make headlines: the H5N8 bird flu strain, which killed five swans, three seals, and a fox at an unnamed U.K. wildlife rehabilitation center in late 2020, according to a recent report. The…


China’s Guangdong Reports Human Case of H5N6 Bird Flu

BEIJING—The health authority in southern China’s Guangdong province said on Wednesday that a single case of a human being infected with the H5N6 strain of bird flu has been reported in the city of Dongguan. The infected patient, a 53-year-old male, is being treated in hospital, the Health Commission of Guangdong Province said in a…


China Reports Human Case of Bird Flu

Another virus is causing problems in China. While the world is battling the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, China sees another deadly infectious disease surfacing. ​​ A major Chinese city goes into semi-lockdown after a new outbreak struck the area—the first time in 7 months. No deaths post-vaccination in China? The country has given the world’s…


France Sees Bird Flu Outbreak as Virus Spreads Again in Europe

PARIS—France has raised its bird flu alert level after a severe form of the virus was found among backyard poultry in the northeast, on top of cases in neighboring Belgium and Luxembourg, the farm ministry said on Friday. The highly contagious H5N8 strain of avian influenza was found this week among ducks, hens, turkeys, and…


India Reports First Human Death From Bird Flu

NEW DELHI—An 11-year-old boy has died in India from a bird flu virus of the H5N1 strain, the first such fatality in the country, highlighting a potential new risk for the world’s second-most populous nation battling the coronavirus pandemic. The boy was admitted at New Delhi’s premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences on July…


Russia Reports World’s First Case of Human Infection With H5N8 Bird Flu

MOSCOW—Russia has registered the first case of a strain of bird flu virus named A(H5N8) being passed to humans from birds and has reported the matter to the World Health Organization (WHO), Anna Popova, head of consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, said on Saturday. Outbreaks of the H5N8 strain have been reported in Russia, Europe, China,…