Bird flu fatal for most pregnant women: Australian study
Bird flu fatal for most pregnant women: Australian study

Contracting bird flu is fatal for a vast majority of pregnant women, an Australian research has said. The research, which was published on Friday by the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) in Melbourne, systematically reviewed over 1,500 research papers and examined 30 reported cases of...

WHO wants bird flu surveillance stepped up
WHO wants bird flu surveillance stepped up

The World Health Organization urged countries to step up surveillance for bird flu after the first case was detected in a child in the United States. A small but growing number of H5N1 avian influenza infections have been detected in humans around the world in recent years, WHO epidemic and...

US reports its first bird flu case detected in pig
US reports its first bird flu case detected in pig

A pig at a backyard farm in Oregon has tested positive for H5N1 avian flu, marking the first confirmed case in the United States, officials reported on Wednesday, reports AFP. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) stated that the pigs infection was identified on Tuesday, four days after...