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Chinese premier urges vigilance against bird flu

China's premier on Sunday urged authorities to be vigilant against a new strain of bird flu that has killed 23 people, while saying that efforts to tackle the virus have so far been effective.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US health leader warns of human-to-human H7N9 bird flu

There is no evidence that the deadly H7N9 bird flu has yet spread between humans in China but health authorities must be ready for the virus to mutate at any time, a top US virologist has warned.

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H7N9 bird flu spreads to central China's Hunan

China's deadly outbreak of H7N9 bird flu has spread to the central province of Hunan, local health authorities said Saturday, the third announcement in three days of a case in a new location.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

H7N9 bird flu spreads to southern China

China's deadly outbreak of H7N9 bird flu has spread to a province in the country's south, the government said Friday, marking the second announcement in two days of a case in a new location.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pharma giant Novartis working on H7N9 vaccine

Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis is researching a vaccine for the H7N9 strain of bird flu, its chief executive said Thursday, amid fears that the disease could mutate into a form that spreads among people.

Medications created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan watching travelers after H7N9 bird flu case

Taiwan heightened surveillance of travelers from China on Thursday after authorities confirmed the island's first case of a new deadly strain of bird flu.

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H7N9 flu 'one of most lethal' says WHO as spreads to Taiwan (Update)

International experts probing China's deadly H7N9 bird flu virus said Wednesday it was "one of the most lethal influenza viruses" seen so far as Taiwan reported the first case outside the mainland.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Taiwan confirms first case of H7N9 bird flu outside China

Taiwan on Wednesday reported the first case of the H7N9 bird flu outside of mainland China.

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WHO says new H7N9 flu passes more easily from bird to human

A new strain of bird flu that emerged in China over the past month is one of the "most lethal" flu viruses so far, worrying health officials because it can jump more easily from birds to humans than the one ...

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China bird flu spreads to new province

China on Tuesday said the H7N9 bird flu had spread to a new area as it confirmed the first case in the eastern province of Shandong in an outbreak which has so far killed 22 people.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

No 'sustained' human-to-human transmission of bird flu, WHO says

A top WHO influenza expert said Monday there was still no evidence H7N9 bird flu was spreading in a "sustained" way between people in China, despite the possibility some family members may have infected one another.

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WHO team probes bird flu in Shanghai

A World Health Organisation team was due Monday to wrap up a trip to Shanghai, centre of China's bird flu outbreak which has killed 20 people, as part of an investigation into how the virus is spreading.

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20 dead from China bird flu, state media reports (Update)

The death toll from a new strain of bird flu in China has reached 20, with dozens infected, state media reported Sunday, as experts said there was no evidence so far of human-to-human transmission.

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WHO says China bird flu not spreading easily in humans

There's no evidence a new bird flu strain is spreading easily among people in China even though some of those sickened were close to patients with the virus, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Experts unclear how China bird flu infects humans (Update)

Almost three weeks after China reported finding a new strain of bird flu in humans, experts are still stumped by how people are becoming infected when many appear to have had no recent contact with live fowl ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0