
Failing to Prepare Is Preparing to Fail: 9 Major Calamities That Possibly Await Humankind in the near Future
Every year presents new tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other calamities to the world. Although there are areas that are more affected than others, most people fear the possibility of these disasters occurring More...

Smuggler caught trying to enter JFK airport with 70 live finches hidden in hair rollers
On December 8, 2018, U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialists at John F. Kennedy International Airport stopped an arriving passenger on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana. During the course More...

H7N2 avian influenza reported in dozens of cats at Manhattan shelter
The New York City Health Department and the Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) announced that a strain of influenza A virus, known as low pathogenic avian influenza H7N2, has been identified in 45 cats housed at More...

H5N6 avian influenza reported in Anhui province, 13th human case in China since 2014
The Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission reported today on an additional human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in Anhui. photo wattpublishing www.WATTAgNet.com. via Flickr The case involves an More...

Egypt H5N1 avian flu cases rise to 20
With the addition of the newest case of human H5N1 avian influenza in a woman from Sohag governorate, this brings the total cases of the lethal zoonotic infection to 20 in Egypt, according to a Masrawy.com report More...

Indonesia reports second human H5N1 avian influenza case of 2014
A 33-year-old Jakarta man is reported as the second human case and fatality from H5N1 avian influenza in Indonesia this year, according to a Jakarta Post report today. H5N1 avian influenzaImage/CDC The virus was More...

New avian influenza outbreak reported in South Korea, plans to work with China on AI
The South Korea Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has confirmed a new outbreak of avian influenza (AI) at a duck farm in Hoengseong, about 90 kilometers east of Seoul, earlier this week, More...

Taiwan CDC: Fourth imported case of H7N9 avian influenza confirmed, second in a week
The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed another imported human case of H7N9 avian influenza from China travel, according a Focus Taiwan report today. Under a high magnification, this negatively-stained More...

Researchers at five sites receive NIH funding for influenza research
PRESS RELEASE Influenza scientists at five sites in the United States are to receive funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to collaborate with investigators around the globe More...

Egypt reports third H5N1 avian influenza case of 2014
A 86-year-old woman from the capital city of Damanhur in the Egyptian coastal governorate of Beheira is the latest human case of H5N1 avian influenza in the North African country, according to a EGYNews rport More...

Egypt reports two human H5N1 avian influenza cases
Two people, an adult woman and a child, have tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza, according to a report in the Egypt Independent today. Image/CIA According to the report by Al-Masry Al-Youm, “A 56-year-old More...

Hong Kong investigates imported H7N9 avian influenza case in 5 month-old baby girl
The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) is today (March 17) investigating an imported human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Hong Kong affecting a five-month-old baby More...

Cambodian girl is the ninth human H5N1 avian influenza case of 2014
The Cambodian Ministry of Health has reported an additional human case of H5N1 avian influenza in a 2-year-old girl. This is the ninth case reported in the kingdom this year, according to a joint press release More...

Libya reports first H5N1 bird flu outbreak on Tubruq farm
Libya has reported its first outbreak of Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) H5N1 on a farm in the port city of Tubruq (Tobruk) near the Egyptian border, according to Dr Abdunaser Dayhum, Director More...

Cambodia reports sixth H5N1 avian influenza case
The Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia is reporting the sixth human H5N1 avian influenza case of 2014, a fatal case, in a Phnom Penh province child, according to a Joint Press Release From the More...

Cambodia reports 4th and 5th H5N1 avian influenza cases in two female pre-teens
The Kingdom of Cambodia appears to be showing a continuation of the increased numbers of human H5N1 avian influenza from 2013, where they reported 26 cases. H5N1 avian influenzaImage/CDC The Cambodian Ministry of More...

H5N1 bird flu reported in 21 Vietnam provinces as H7N9 bird flu knocks on the door
The most recent number of Vietnamese provinces and cities affected by the current H5N1 bird flu outbreak is now 21, according to a Bernama report today. Image/CIA To date, some 64,000 birds have been culled due More...

Cambodia reports third H5N1 avian influenza case of 2014
The Ministry of Health (MOH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia is reporting the third, confirmed human H5N1 avian influenza case of 2014 and the 50th case reported since the disease in humans was first seen in the country More...

Malaysia reports imported human H7N9 avian influenza case
The Ministry of Health in Malaysia (MOH) is reporting an imported case of H7N9 avian influenza in a 67-year-old female tourist to Sabah, according to a MOH press release dated Feb. 12 (computer translated). Details More...

Chinese officials predict more human H7N9 avian flu cases
With a large spurt of new human H7N9 avian influenza cases reported so far in 2014, at least 120 news cases since Jan.1, Chinese health officials predict that reports of the novel virus will continue on the Mainland, More...