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Updates On US Bird Flu Outbreak as H7N9 Bird Flu in China Records Highest Death Toll In Years [VIDEO]
By Gerard Black | Apr 04, 2017 07:09 AM EDTUS health authorities are wary as China announced six new cases of H7N9 bird flu in Hunan province and outbreaks of the avian flu have been reported in several US states.
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Free Range Status For Flocks Made Possible With New Avian Flu Restrictions
By Joie M Gahum | Mar 02, 2017 08:30 AM ESTThe poultry industry can maintain the free-range status of their flocks and will be allowed to stay outside with the current changes applied to avian flu restrictions.
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Bird Flu in China: WHO Warns Neighboring Countries
By Joie M Gahum | Jan 27, 2017 08:10 AM ESTThe World Health Organization warned all countries to watch out for possible outbreaks of the bird flu virus after several deaths have been recorded among patients in China.
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Severity Of Flu Linked To Year Of Birth, Research Says
By Sarah | Nov 12, 2016 10:20 AM ESTThe lollipop analogy suggests that your year of birth year predicts, how you will be affected by the animal-origin-influenza A virus. Though the prediction can be extended to a complete diagnosis the association proved shows that there are connections between the first time a person gets infected by a flu and his possibility to be severely attacked by influenza A in the later stage.
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First Ever H5N6 Death Case Confirmed in China
By Cheri Cheng | May 07, 2014 09:19 AM EDTOfficials confirmed the first ever H5N6 death in a 49-year-old man from China.
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Taiwan Confirms First Case of H6N1 Bird Flu
By Cheri Cheng | Jun 21, 2013 03:41 PM EDTThe CDC confirmed the first case of H6N1 bird flu in a 20-year-old Taiwanese woman.
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Deadly H7N9 Bird Flu Spreads to Taiwan Via Traveler
By Christine Hsu | Apr 24, 2013 08:43 AM EDTTaiwanese health authorities on Wednesday reported the island's first case of the deadly H7N9 bird flu infection, making it the first confirmed case of the deadly new strain of bird flu outside of mainland China.
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U.S. Doctors Told To Lookout For Avian Flu
By Cheri Cheng | Apr 19, 2013 01:12 PM EDTAs a precautionary measure, the CDC held a conference call to review the general procedure in dealing with the H7N9 strain of bird flu if it were to manifest here in the U.S.
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WHO States No Evidence Found of Bird Flu Spreading Between Humans
By Cheri Cheng | Apr 08, 2013 12:54 PM EDTWHO stated that the H7N9 virus in China, which has killed seven people already, cannot be spread via human-to-human contact.
