A person has tested positive for a new public health danger avian influenza A(H5) virus (H5 bird flu) in the U.S. This case, the first in the U.S. affecting a human, was reported by Colorado and confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in late April. This case occurred in a person who had… Continue reading What To Know About Avian Flu
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Chicken Flu Virus Yields Insight into Origins of Deadly H7N9 Strain
An international research team led by scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the China Agricultural University, Beijing has shown how changes in a flu virus that has plagued Chinese poultry farms for decades helped create the novel avian H7N9 influenza A virus that has sickened more than 375 people since 2013. The research… Continue reading Chicken Flu Virus Yields Insight into Origins of Deadly H7N9 Strain