The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday its analysis of samples from the first severe case of bird flu in the country last week showed mutations not seen in samples from an infected backyard flock on the patient's property.
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Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human case in US, CDC says
Canadian milk tests negative for bird flu
Canadian milk continues to test negative for avian influenza, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said.
U.S. confirms first severe human case of bird flu
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that a patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 infection in Louisiana, marking the first known instance of a severe human illness linked to the bird flu virus in the United States.
H5 avian influenza found in Ontario poultry flock
H5 avian influenza has been confirmed on an Ontario premise in the Municipality of Strathroy-Cardoc. The presence of the virus was confirmed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Dec. 16. The infected premise has been placed under quarantine. CFIA will also be establishing specific movement control measures and permitting processes for farms within the […] Read more
U.S. government not stockpiling bird flu vaccine
While the United States government continues to monitor the spread of bird flu in the country, the Biden administration said it won’t order the stockpiling of a vaccine for humans. U.S. health officials stressed the chances of a human contracting the H5N1 variant of avian influenza remain very low.
US issues order mandating bird flu testing of milk supply
Virus has infected nearly half of California's 1,100 dairy farms
The U.S. issued a federal order on Friday mandating that the national milk supply be tested for bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters, as authorities seek to grapple with rapid spread of the virus among dairy herds.
WHO calls for stronger surveillance of H5N1 bird flu among animals
A World Health Organization official on Thursday called for stronger surveillance in animals for evidence of infection with H5N1 bird flu in order to curb its spread.
Federal government pledges funds to bird flu research
The federal government has pledged $5.2 million in for 35 projects researching bird flu.
Virus in B.C. human bird flu case genetically related to farm strain
Health officials have confirmed that the strain of bird flu that hospitalized a B.C. teenager in critical condition is related to the same virus causing outbreaks in the province’s poultry.
Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first presumptive human case of bird flu
A teenager is in critical condition in a British Columbia children's hospital, sick with Canada's first presumptive human case of avian influenza.
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