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CHICAGO (Reuters) -H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.
Public health officials are continuing to monitor an outbreak of avian influenza, also known as bird flu, as it spreads across the U.S.. The strain, known as H5N1, sickened several mammals this ...
It happened again in 2009, when a human and swine flu switched genes, unleashing the H1N1 swine flu outbreak that killed roughly 500,000 people. Already there is evidence this virus is swapping genes.
From February to April 2022, avian flu outbreaks in United States have resulted in the culling of more than 22.8 million birds in 24 states. [24] Avian flu has affected England. In Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Essex, poultry has been mandated to be kept indoors after the affected areas were placed in an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone. [25]
[35] [36] In Uruguay the death of ten swans found in the locality of Estación Tapia was attributed to flu. [36] Previously in Uruguay ten hens had died because of the flu in El Monarca, Montevideo. [36] In late March 2023, Chile detected H5N1 in a 53-year-old man who had severe symptoms. [37] The patient survived but had to stay on a ventilator.
News. Science & Tech. Shopping. Sports. Weather. 24/7 Help. ... Kawaoka and his colleagues combined the H5 hemagglutinin gene from the bird flu virus with genes from the 2009 H1N1 swine flu virus ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the first two A/09(H1N1) swine flu cases in California on April 17, 2009, via the Border Infectious Disease Program, [135] for a San Diego County child, and a naval research facility studying a special diagnostic test, where influenza sample from the child from Imperial County was tested. [136]
A person in Texas tested positive for avian influenza (H5N1), aka bird flu, amid an outbreak among dairy cows. What to know about transmission and symptoms.