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The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) considers a bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm in Brazil as "resolved," a page detailing the case on WOAH's website showed on Friday.
Our study shows catching common respiratory viruses raises your short-term risk of a heart attack or stroke. In other words, common viruses, such as those that cause flu and COVID, can trigger them.
Our study shows catching common respiratory viruses raises your short-term risk of a heart attack or stroke. In other words, common viruses, such as those that cause flu and COVID, can trigger them.
The United States has confirmed the virus in about 10 times as many commercial and backyard flocks since 2022, the USDA said. About 175 million U.S. chickens, turkeys and other birds have been culled.
A recent study found that live bird flu virus (H5N1) can survive in raw milk for over a week when refrigerated, and more than 24 hours at room temperature.
Among children nationwide who were eligible for flu vaccination and with known vaccine status, 90% of the reported U.S. pediatric flu deaths in the ongoing 2024-2025 season — compared to 82% ...
hMPV spreads much like the flu or SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID)—through tiny droplets from coughs and sneezes, and potentially by touching surfaces where the virus has landed and then ...
Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds. There are many different strains of avian flu: 16 H subtypes and 9 N subtypes. Only those labeled ...