Geneva | Reuters — The risk of human-to-human spread of the H5N8 strain of bird flu appears low after it was identified for the first time worldwide in farm workers […] Read more
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Risk of human spread of H5N8 bird flu deemed low
Seven people infected but asymptomatic, WHO says
Proliferation of bird flu outbreaks raises pandemic risk
London | Reuters — The global spread of bird flu and the number of viral strains currently circulating and causing infections have reached unprecedented levels, raising the risk of a […] Read more
H5N8 avian flu found in Indiana
Reuters — A strain of avian flu that until now had been found only in the western U.S. has cropped up in Indiana, bringing the total number of states affected […] Read more
H5N8-positive wild duck found in B.C.
Ongoing surveillance of Canada’s wild birds has turned up the country’s first-ever case of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu, in a duck carcass at a British Columbia bird sanctuary. The […] Read more
Canada expands blocks on U.S. poultry, eggs
Canada’s avian flu-related ban on imports of poultry, birds and eggs from Washington and Oregon has been expanded to include the same products from California and Idaho. The ban was […] Read more
California turkey farm quarantined after H5N8 detected
Chicago | Reuters –– A California turkey farm has been quarantined after confirmation of the first case of an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza strain in the […] Read more
Canada blocks poultry, eggs from U.S. Northwest
Birds, eggs and poultry products from Washington and Oregon are being kept out of Canada after findings of high-path avian flu in a pair of backyard flocks in those states. […] Read more
Britain confirms H5N8 in ducks on farm in north
London | Reuters — Bird flu on a duck farm in northern England is the highly contagious H5N8 strain, the same form of the virus already discovered in Germany and […] Read more