Bird flu
China has recorded its first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, but the risk of its spread among people is low, the health authority said. The variant was found in a four-year-old boy from the central province of Henan province who ..
An outbreak of bird flu on a Bulgarian farm with over 177,000 laying hens has forced authorities to begin slaughtering the remaining flock, the country’s food safety agency said on Monday. The outbreak in the town of Asenovgrad is the sixth ..
Several outbreaks of severe bird flu in Europe and Asia have been reported in recent days to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), in a sign the virus is spreading quickly again. The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly ..
An eleven-year-old boy’s death highlights a new risk for the world’s second-most populous nation battling the coronavirus pandemic. India reported its first case of human death due to bird flu after a child succumbed to the disease. ..