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The Ministry of Health of China on December 10 said that it has not yet confirmed the possibility of human-to-human transmission of influenza in the case of Mr. and Mrs.…
On 11/12, the National Steering Committee for Avian Influenza Prevention reported that bird flu has appeared in Viet Yen and Yen Dung districts of Bac Giang province, ki…
On December 12, the Polish government announced the discovery of the fifth bird flu outbreak in the country. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of poultry at a farm in Vostov…
H7N3 is a very common type of influenza A virus in birds, according to a recent report by a group of US-Canadian scientists.
On June 6, at the meeting of the National Steering Committee for Avian Influenza Prevention and Control, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duc Hien - Director of the National Inst…
Hanoi has found an abnormal dead goose at a household in village 4, Dong My commune, Thanh Tri district. The authorities have destroyed, zoned and disinfected the surrou…
According to the Indonesian government, the fight against bird flu in the country has been hampered because the majority of the population knows nothing about the danger…
Thanks to the means of counting viruses and the support of US medical experts, doctors at Bach Mai Hospital have discovered that the H5N1 virus is not only in the throat…
Recent tests of the National Center for Veterinary Diagnosis in Ha Tay show that nearly 100% of the swarms of geese carry the H5N1 strain. In some localities, typically…
For the first time, bird flu has appeared in Togo. Information was confirmed by officials after independent tests in Italy. Recently, thousands of poultry have been foun…
A group of international scientists, including researchers from the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health, said: They…
At the meeting of the National Steering Committee for Avian Influenza Prevention and Control on the afternoon of August 1, Dr. Nguyen Hai Yen - Department of Epidemiolog…
A 15-year-old patient in Hoang Hoa district (Thanh Hoa) died on August 3, on the way to the National Institute of Tropical Diseases and Infection. Test results positive…
Avian influenza virus researchers say they have been able to get close to a human immunization to fight a pandemic of bird flu.
An Indonesian Ministry of Health official on August 13 confirmed a 29-year-old woman living on Bali tourist island and her 5-year-old daughter died of bird flu, bringing…