Flu epidemic
H5N1 virus can be transmitted from mother to fetus
The Peking University research team in Beijing examined tissue samples taken from two Chinese H5N1 patients, including a 24-year-old pregnant woman and a 35-year-old man…
Medicine - Health
Read clear coverage of medical research, diseases, symptoms, prevention, nutrition, treatments and everyday health topics across modern medicine.
Latest in Medicine - Health
Articles & explainers
16,084 published items in this category and its subcategories.
Flu epidemic
H5N1 virus changes dangerously for humans!
According to a new study published, the H5N1 avian influenza virus has changed to be able to grow well in the respiratory tract on humans. This finding shows that H5N1 h…
Flu epidemic
Indonesia: one person died of bird flu
A woman in Sumatra island, Indonesia died of bird flu. Thus, the number of deaths from this disease in Indonesia has reached 87 people. The 44-year-old patient was ill a…
Flu epidemic
Children: Subjects susceptible to bird flu
A recent finding has shown that children are particularly susceptible and highly susceptible to bird flu. The above study has led experts to reassess previous research r…
Flu epidemic
Central: Flood water threatens to spread avian influenza
Director of Animal Health Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) Bui Quang Anh expressed concern about the risk of outbreaks of bird flu in the Centr…
Flu epidemic
America helps Vietnam fight against influenza
The International Development Agency (USAID) and the US Department of Health today announced a US $ 10.5 million grant to help Vietnam prevent and control bird flu and h…
Flu epidemic
South Korea confirmed the outbreak of bird flu
The Seoul government has confirmed that South Korean authorities have been forced to destroy thousands of ducks when the bird flu broke out for the first time in the cou…
Flu epidemic
The world will lose 2,000 billion dollars because of bird flu
According to AFP, at the international conference on bird flu taking place in New Delhi (India) on December 4, Mr. Peter Harrold - acting vice president of the World Ban…
Flu epidemic
China has not confirmed the possibility of bird flu spreading from person to person
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.…
Flu epidemic
Virus strain H7N3: High virulence, spread to humans
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…
Flu epidemic
Poland: detected the fifth bird flu outbreak
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…
Flu epidemic
H7N3: Viruses are common in birds
H7N3 is a very common type of influenza A virus in birds, according to a recent report by a group of US-Canadian scientists.
Flu epidemic
Receiving many samples of suspected H5N1 virus
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…
Flu epidemic
Hanoi: Start with abnormal dead poultry
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…
Flu epidemic
Indonesians are not aware of the threat of bird flu
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…