Bird Flu Outbreak In US: WHO Steps Up Surveillance For H5N1 Virus Spread
WHO along with the partnership of World Organization for Animal Health and Food and Agriculture Organization has decided to step up the surveillance of H5N1 virus after a human case was reported in the US earlier this month.
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. The official also urged stronger efforts to reduce the risk of transmission of the virus to new species of animals and to humans.
The spread of H5N1 bird flu among animals and the growing possibility of a pandemic
The developing avian influenza panzootic and the growing possibility of a pandemic bring to the fore the existential questions for humanity of climate change and the destruction of public health, both of which must be stopped in order to control the growing threats.
California reports first H5N1 bird flu infection in a child
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) in a child in California last week.
WHO calls for stronger surveillance of H5N1 among animals
A World Health Organization official on Thursday called for stronger surveillance in animals for H5N1 bird flu in order to curb its spread. "What we really need globally, in the U.S. and abroad, is much stronger surveillance in animals,
WHO says 'much stronger' H5N1 surveillance needed in animal populations
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness, is calling for increased surveillance globally of animal populations that are known to be susceptible to H5N1, including wild birds,
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Hawaiʻi Department of Health FAQs on Avian Influenza, H5N1
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Federal officials expected to require H5N1 milk testing
It’s going to take a while, but it can be done.” Poulson says a national effort to eliminate the B313 variation of the H5N1 ...