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Vietnam urgently responds to H7N9 flu from China
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Vietnam urgently responds to H7N9 flu from China

On April 4, the Prime Minister made a public request to the sectors to drastically prevent smuggled poultry, to prevent H7N9 infection from spreading to China. The Minis…

December 14, 2018
Warning for a new pandemic of bird flu in Vietnam
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Warning for a new pandemic of bird flu in Vietnam

Yesterday, Monday, August 29, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned of a new strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus that has emerged in…

December 14, 2018
Detection of H1N1 flu virus in animals
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Detection of H1N1 flu virus in animals

Scientific experts at the University of California, Los Angeles - UCLA and its colleagues discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa.

December 14, 2018
5 mutations make bird flu a pandemic
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5 mutations make bird flu a pandemic

The H5N1 bird flu epidemic can be deadly, but so far it has not yet become a pandemic because it cannot be transmitted from human to human.

December 14, 2018
My mother has H1N1 flu, my baby is dead easily
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My mother has H1N1 flu, my baby is dead easily

Babies born to mothers infected with the H1N1 flu virus during pregnancy face the risk of dying shortly after birth or premature birth, according to the latest study by…

December 14, 2018
H5N1 avian influenza virus
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H5N1 avian influenza virus

H5N1 avian influenza virus is reappearing in poultry markets in China, especially in the southern region, causing great difficulties for the country to prevent a new pan…

December 14, 2018
Red alert bird flu in Hong Kong
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Red alert bird flu in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is screening 17,000 chickens after two wild birds and 1 chicken died of H5N1 virus infection last week.

December 14, 2018
IAEA uses nuclear technology against H5N1 virus
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IAEA uses nuclear technology against H5N1 virus

Experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have deployed nuclear technology to determine the spread of highly virulent H5N1 virus and the risk of rapid inf…

December 14, 2018
Japan alarmed for H3N2 flu
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Japan alarmed for H3N2 flu

Just last week the number of reported cases of H3N2 in Japan skyrocketed by 620,000 patients, to 1.73 million. Most of them are students and the elderly.

December 14, 2018