Bird Flu
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What the US bird flu outbreak means for the UK
Scientists have reacted with alarm to the spread of the H5N1 virus - a type of bird flu - in cattle and milk across the US.
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Biggest-ever bird flu outbreak has 'flown under radar' because of COVID, says expert
Virologist Dr Chris Smith made the comments after two poultry workers in the UK tested positive for the virus.
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What is bird flu? 11-year-old girl in Cambodia dies from virus
Health agencies are modelling potential human-transmission scenarios for the H5N1 virus based on the Covid pandemic and the 1918 influenza outbreak, but maintains bird flu does not spread easily to people.
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VideoFederal officials confirm bird flu detected in New York
A highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a non-commercial backyard flock of birds on Long Island in New York, federal authorities confirmed Saturday.
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Bird flu 'patient zero' tests negative for virus – and plans to get more ducks
Alan Gosling, 79, from Buckfastleigh, Devon, had tested positive for bird flu before Christmas.
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Suffolk farm to cull 27,000 chickens after cases of bird flu confirmed
Public Health England said the risk to public health is very low.
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Poultry must be kept indoors for 30 days because of bird flu risk, warns government
All poultry are to be kept indoors to stop the spread of a highly-infectious strain of bird-flu across Europe, experts have warned.