In response to the evolving global ecological and epidemiological landscape, FAO and the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) have unveiled a new ten-year strategy aimed at preventing and ...

Summary: The World Health Organization (WHO) considers the avian influenza A/H5N1 virus a public health risk with pandemic potential. The next human influenza pandemic, ...

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The World Health Organization has confirmed a human bird flu case in India – a 4-year-old who was infected with the H9N2 avian flu virus. Latest U.S.

"We detect more of the outbreaks and characterize them even more precisely than 10 years ago," he explained. On Monday, World Health Organization said they were on "high alert" due to the avian ...

Here’s a look at avian flu. 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 ...

The World Health Organization says it hopes to head off an avian flu pandemic by containing or slowing the disease in humans before the virus can spread. The U.N. Health Agency has presented ...

The flu strikes every winter. But this influenza season is particularly dangerous. Outbreaks of “avian influenza” or “bird flu” have been reported in 40 countries since November. This sharply ...