Shanghai man dies from H7N9 avian influenza, becomes 38th fatality
A man diagnosed with avian influenza H7N9 approximately two months ago, has succumbed to the new viral disease, say the Shanghai Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission, the Indo-Asian News Service reports Saturday. Under More...
New PCR test for avian influenza H7N9 virus developed: AACC
In what is being called breaking research, a team from the University of Hong Kong say they developed a diagnostic test can detect the new strain of influenza (H7N9) currently causing an outbreak in China, according More...
China avian influenza A(H7N9) case count continues to grow, first case reported from Shandong province
The human avian influenza A(H7N9) outbreak in China shows no sign of slowing, in fact, it appears to be spreading in the country as the first case has been reported in the northeastern province of Shandong, according More...
WHO: China H7N9 bird flu outbreak tops 100 cases, Taiwan still free of H7N9
The World Health Organization (WHO) was notified by Chinese authorities of more cases of laboratory-confirmed human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, according to a WHO update today. Public domain More...
Avian influenza H7N9 outbreak climbs to 95 cases as experts converge on China
Chinese health authorities have announced an additional four human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9), bring the total to 95, according to a Reuters report today. Image/CIA Three of the new cases were from Zhejiang More...
Eleven more cases of bird flu reported in China brings total to 71
Chinese health officials have reported 11 new confirmed cases of human H7N9 avian influenza since the last update, bringing the total cases to 71, according to a Xinhua report today. Image/CIA Infections were confirmed More...
Bird flu outbreak in India’s Bihar state results in the culling of hundreds of chickens
In response to some 300 bird’s dying from avian influenza in India’s northern state of Bihar, officials in Purnea district culled hundreds of chickens and issued a bird flu alert, according to a Indo-Asian More...
China announces it will be checking travelers from Cambodia due to bird flu outbreak
China’s quarantine agency will start testing more travelers from Cambodia for things like body temperature, cough and headache in light of the avian influenza, or bird flu outbreak in the Kingdom, according More...
Cambodia reports sixth case of human bird flu of 2013
The Kingdom of Cambodia Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed another case of human avian influenza H5N1, or bird flu, which is the sixth case of the year, according to a MoH/World Health Organization (WHO) Joint More...
Cambodian Health Ministry reports 3 new human bird flu cases
H5N1 Avian InfluenzaImage/CDC The Cambodian Ministry of Health (MoH) reported three new human cases of bird flu, or avian influenza, two of them fatal, in the first three weeks of this year, according to an Associated More...
Indonesia reports eighth human bird flu death of 2012
The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has reported a new fatal human case of avian influenza (H5N1) in a man from Yogyakarta province on Java. According to a World Health Organization (WHO) Global Alert and Response More...
