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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.
After H5N1 was identified in other animals on the farm, five swine were euthanized for testing; two tested negative, and results are still pending for two others. The farm has been quarantined ...
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.
A bird flu outbreak has ravaged the world's birds since 2020 and infected cattle earlier this year. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency over the virus this week.
[33] [34] In Uruguay the death of ten swans found in the locality of Estación Tapia was attributed to flu. [34] Previously in Uruguay ten hens had died because of the flu in El Monarca, Montevideo. [34] In late March 2023, Chile detected H5N1 in a 53-year-old man who had severe symptoms. [35] The patient survived but had to stay on a ventilator.
In 2009, H1N1 caused the first global flu pandemic in 40 years, with the first infections detected in California. More than 12,000 people died around the US, and nearly 61,000 people were infected.
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]
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