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Is the mysterious 'Russian flu' really caused by a corona virus?
In 1889, a mysterious respiratory illness appeared in Russia and then spread globally, causing at least three waves of infection over several years.
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Korea confirms new H5N8 bird flu outbreak
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on November 30 that South Korea had confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N8 at a duck…
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Russia discovered a new type of H5N8 flu that spread from animals to humans
Seven workers at a poultry farm in southern Russia are the first confirmed patients with the new type of influenza H5N8.
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Chinese scientists warn another virus could cause a pandemic
Chinese scientists Weifeng Shi and George Gao, affiliated with a number of Chinese scientific institutions, think that the H5N8 strain of avian influenza virus could lea…
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China detected the first person infected with avian influenza virus H10N3
A 41-year-old man from Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, Eastern China was confirmed to be infected with the H10N3 avian influenza virus.
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Variants of the virus that cause pandemic flu are increasingly dangerous
The evolution of the virus that caused the 1918 flu pandemic has similarities to the Covid-19 pandemic, such as successive outbreaks with many different strains, and the…
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2 deadly influenza viruses in humans are almost extinct
According to the reports collected, there are very few cases of flu occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic. This leads scientists to ask 'whether some influenza viruses…
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Detects influenza virus with 'pandemic potential' in China
Researchers in China found a new strain of swine flu has the potential to cause a pandemic. This flu virus has recently appeared in pigs but can infect humans.
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How the influenza virus works
To spread in the body, flu viruses first use a protein called Hemagglutinin to bind to receptors of healthy cells.
Life
Detect dangers when simultaneously infected with both influenza and coronavirus
Chinese and Russian scientists have discovered the dangers of simultaneously being infected with both flu and coronavirus.
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A global flu vaccine could be coming soon
The pharmaceutical company Seek (UK) is developing the Flu-v vaccine to target common and unbreakable parts in many strains of influenza virus.
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Wild birds could be the cause of bird flu in China
Two outbreaks of H5N1 and H5N6 broke out earlier in February in China, raising alarms about the recklessness in bird flu prevention and control in the country.
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An outbreak of H5N6 avian influenza broke out in China
China's Ministry of Agriculture announced it had detected an outbreak of bird flu H5N6 in Sichuan province in southwestern China. There has been no recorded H5N6 virus i…
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H5N6 virus is spread from poultry to humans
The H5N6 virus is spread from birds to humans through an infected nose or mouth secretion, but it is not spread from person to person.
Biology
The deadly virus spread to 15 million Americans
While the world is worried about the new corona virus, another virus has infected 15 million Americans across the country and killed more than 8,200 people this season.