- Location
H5N1
"-
South Korea Bans Imports of US Poultry Due to Bird Flu
Feb 2, 2016South Korea has stalled the imports of US poultry and poultry meat following new cases of bird flu. This ban comes just two months after the Asian country resumed the shipments. However, imports of poultry meat treated with heat are not ...
Tags: US Poultry, Bird Flu
-
Hong Kong Bans Poultry Meat Imports From Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam
Sep 10, 2015The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong has imposed a ban on poultry meat imports from Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam over bird flu outbreak. This comes after the World Organisation for ...
Tags: Poultry Meat, bird flu outbreak
-
CFS Has Imposed a Ban on Poultry Meat Imports From Parts of US and Turkey
May 21, 2015The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong has imposed a ban on poultry meat imports from parts of US and Turkey over bird flu outbreak. This comes after US state of Nebraska and World ...
Tags: Poultry Meat, Imports Ban
-
China Asked Its Municipalities and Provinces to Be on Higher Alert to Control The Disease
Jan 24, 2014China, facing rising human cases of the H7N9 avian flu, asked its municipalities and provinces to be on higher alert to control the disease. The National Health and Family Planning Commission, which summoned a meeting of health officials ...
-
Here Are Some of The Latest Health and Medical News Developments
Jan 10, 2014Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Officials Confirm First North American Death From H5N1 Bird Flu The first death in North America from H5N1 bird flu has been ...
Tags: Health Highlights, Health
-
Canadian Health Officials Say There Is No Risk of Transmission Between Humans
Jan 10, 2014An Alberta resident who recently traveled to Beijing died of bird flu, but Canadian health officials say there is no risk of transmission between humans. Federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose said the avian flu -- H5N1 -- fatality, ...
Tags: Health News, Bird Flu, Risk Low, Canadian Bird Flu
-
Chickens Showed Symptoms of Avian Flu at a Farm in a Village in The Province of Guizhou
Jan 6, 2014Chickens showed symptoms of avian flu at a farm in a village in the province of Guizhou in China where 8,500 chickens died in December, officials say. Officials at the Ministry of Agriculture in China said the fowl died Dec. 27 and the ...
Tags: Bird Flu, Health, Agriculture
-
FDA Has Approved GSK First Adjuvanted Vaccine for The Prevention of H5n1 Influenza
Nov 27, 2013The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) first adjuvanted vaccine for the prevention of H5N1 influenza, also known as avian or bird flu. The pandemic Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Monovalent Vaccine, ...
Tags: Bird Flu Vaccine, GlaxoSmithKline
-
FDA Approved The First Adjuvanted Pandemic Influenza Vaccine
Nov 26, 2013The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first adjuvanted pandemic influenza vaccine, Q-pan, to protect against H5N1 influenza, or avian flu. The vaccine, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, was developed in partnership with the ...
-
Birds Have Been Culled in North Korea to Limit Bird Flu Outbreak Caused by H5n1 Virus
May 23, 2013Nearly 1,65,000 birds have been culled in North Korea in order to limit a massive bird flu outbreak caused by a toxic strain of H5N1 virus. The mass culling was carried out after authorities identified that the ducks in the Tudan Duck ...
-
a New Strain of Bird Flu Spread to Taiwan
Apr 26, 2013A new strain of bird flu, which first originated in China and sickened more than 100, has spread to Taiwan, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). A 53-year-old Taiwanese businessman who returned from China's coastal Jiangsu ...
-
CFS of The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Issued a Ban on Import of Poultry
Apr 26, 2013The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has issued a ban on import of poultry and poultry products from Lower Saxony, Germany over fears of an outbreak of low-pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza. The ...
Tags: Bans Poultry Imports, Food
-
This New Virus Is Hard to Detect in Poultry
Apr 8, 2013Responding to the occurrence of the A(H7N9) influenza virus in China requires strong biosecurity measures, FAO said today. Unlike other influenza strains, including highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, this new virus is hard to detect in ...
Tags: Influenza, H7N9 Virus, FAO
-
H7N9 Is Coming!
Apr 6, 2013A(H7N9) influenza borke out in China recently. What is this A(H7N9) virus? H7N9 is a subtype of influenza virus. H7N9 viruses have been previously detected mainly in wild birds, though other H7 viruses been reported ...
-
A Case of H5N1 Bird Flu Has Been Identified at a Duck Farm in Germany
Feb 19, 2013A case of H5N1 bird flu has been identified during initial tests at a duck farm in state of Brandenburg, Germany, a development which has led to the culling of 14,000 ducks. The bird flu was identified following tests conducted by the ...
Tags: bird flu, initial tests, duck farm
