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As the cost of eggs in the U.S. surges, more people are attempting to bring eggs across the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities say. Amid a bird flu outbreak that has caused chicken populations to ...
The current bird flu outbreak in US dairy cows is being driven by a different strain — H5N1. The patient, who lived in central Mexico, had no history of exposure to poultry or other animals.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican animal safety authorities confirmed the first case of H5N1 avian influenza in a wild bird on Wednesday, after declaring the country's poultry farms free of the virus ...
Mexico's public health department said in a statement that he had underlying ailments, including chronic kidney failure, diabetes and high blood pressure. Hospital care was sought on April 24 and the man died the same day. Initial tests showed an unidentified type of flu that subsequent weeks of lab testing confirmed was H5N2.
In March and April 2009, an outbreak of a new strain of influenza commonly referred to as "swine flu" infected many people in Mexico and other parts of the world, causing illness ranging from mild to severe. Initial reports suggested that the outbreak had started in February due to farming practices at a pig farm half-owned by Smithfield Foods. [4]
Scientists said the case is unrelated to the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in the United States that has so far infected three dairy farm workers. Mexico's Health Ministry also said in a statement the ...
A(H1N1) Outbreak and Pandemic Milestones in North America 17 March: First case in the world of what would later be identified as swine flu. 28 March First case in the US of what would later be identified as swine flu. 12 April First known death due to what would later be identified as swine flu. 25 April Community outbreaks confirmed in United ...
An outbreak of H5N1 killed 70% of Southern elephant seal pups born in the 2023 breeding season. In surveyed areas of Península Valdés, Argentina, seal mortality rates reached 96%. [7] In February 2024 it was estimated that the outbreak of H5N1 in South America had killed at least 600,000 wild birds and 50,000 mammals since 2022. [7]