Duck Farm in France Culled a Day After 48 Bird Flu Outbreaks Were Declared in French Foie Gras Region

Medicine & Technology Dec 20, 2021

A bird flu outbreak was declared in the Landes region in France, the heart of foie gras production. It is the second outbreak in the southwest after an epidemic last year that culled 3 million ducks and geese.

Avian Influenza Disease Outbreak Reported in Northern France; Local Authorities Say 2 Suspected Bird Flu Cases Were Detected

Dec 06, 2021

Local officials in Northern France said early today that a new cluster of bird flu had been detected in the region, adding two more potential cases in poultry farms were currently being observed.

China Confirms One Human H5N6 Bird Flu Case; Should We Worry?

Jul 16, 2021

A case of H5N6 Bird Flu (Avian Influenza) has been reported in China as a man from the Sichuan province contracted the virus.

300 Homes Affected in Bird Flu Outbreak in England

Mar 29, 2021

Authorities placed a 1-km restriction zone in Cheshire. England after a bird flu outbreak in a local poultry farm.

There Is a Bird Flu Outbreak at a Farm in Victoria State, Au

Aug 01, 2020

A free-range egg farm in Australia's southeastern Victoria state has reported an outbreak of H7N7 bird flu.

Highly-Contagious Bird Flu Confirmed in Czech Republic, Experts Say

Jan 20, 2020

As Europe fears an outbreak of the Influenza A H5N8 virus, also known as the Avian Influenza or Bird Flu, another incident of an infected farm was confirmed in the Czech Republic last weekend.

Poultry Pathogens Sweep the Midwest

May 05, 2015

If you've ever dreamt of owning your own industrial chicken farm, you may want to hold off just yet. It turns out a deadly avian influenza is sweeping across the Midwest like an infectious prairie fire.

Iowa Declares State of Emergency Over Bird Flu

May 01, 2015

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday to help battle the toll that the recent bird flu epidemic is taking on the state's poultry industry.

In the Wake of Ebola—H7N9 Influenza Has Spread in Secret

Mar 13, 2015

In the wake of the Ebola pandemic, researchers in China have identified a virus capable of global infection that has been mutating and brewing on the sidelines. A strain of the avian influenza, the H7N9 flu emerged in eastern China in Feb. 2013 in a small population with a mortality rate of roughly 33%. But over the last year, since it reemerged in October 2013, the virus has been spreading steadily, and mutating along the way. Now public health officials fear that the growing viral infection may soon reach the levels much like the Ebola outbreak, and it is something that researchers are heavily investigating.

Teen’s Death Demonstrates The Dangers of This Year’s Flu

Jan 03, 2015

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the death of an otherwise healthy 17-year-old girl only highlights the severity of this year's influenza outbreak. Shannon Zwanziger seemed like a perfectly health teenager. She was active and rarely got sick; in fact, she had not even seen a doctor in more than three years. Then, she came down with the flu. Within only a week of fighting the virus, she was dead.