Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO urges more surveillance in bird flu fight

The World Health Organization warned Thursday that its ability to manage the risk to humans posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus was being compromised by patchy surveillance.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Girl in Australia, 2, struck with H5N1 bird flu: WHO

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl tested positive for H5N1 bird flu and needed hospital intensive care treatment in Australia after traveling to India, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Q&A: Expert shares take on bird flu and general public health risk

Since H5N1, or avian influenza, was first identified in 1996, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports four known cases of bird flu in humans in the U.S. But three of those cases are from this year, all linked ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Setting sights on universal protection for flu

Immunology and Infectious Disease Researcher and Senior Lecturer Dr. Hillary Vanderven is working against the clock with World Health Organization (WHO) experts reporting the next flu pandemic is a matter of when, not if.

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