H7n9 Bird Flu Virus

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  Here's How Bird Flu Can Cause You Severe Health Problems

  In this article, we'll explore how bird flu affects human health, the potential complications it can lead to, and why it remains a public health concern.

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  20,000 Chickens Die From Bird Flu Outbreak In China

  More than 20,000 chickens have died from a bird flu outbreak at a poultry farm in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, a media report said today.

• H7N9 Flu: New Map Pinpoints Asian Countries at Risk

  Five Asian countries could join China as targets for the H7N9 bird flu virus that has claimed about a hundred lives since it erupted in March 2013, scientists said on Tuesday.

• Hong Kong chicken slaughter begins after H7N9 found

  Hong Kong began a mass cull of 20,000 chickens on Tuesday after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was discovered in poultry imported from mainland China, authorities said.

• New H7N9 bird flu deaths reported in China: report

  China has reported two new deaths from the H7N9 bird flu virus, state media said, as the disease returns following an outbreak last year.

• Hong Kong confirms first death from H7N9 bird flu

  An 80-year-old man infected with the H7N9 bird flu virus has died in Hong Kong, the government said on Thursday, in the first such death in the city after the virus surfaced in early December.

• Hong Kong confirms first death from H7N9 bird flu

  An 80-year-old man infected with the H7N9 bird flu virus has died in Hong Kong, in the first such death in the city after the virus surfaced in early December.

• Hong Kong confirms second case of H7N9 bird flu in a week

  Hong Kong has confirmed its second case of the deadly H7N9 bird flu, days after the first, as the virus spreads beyond mainland China, authorities said on Friday night.

• Bird flu 'passed between humans'

  The first scientific analysis of probable human-to-human transmission of a deadly new strain of bird flu that emerged in China this year gives the strongest evidence yet that the H7N9 virus can pass between people, scientists said on Wednesday.

• New bird flu may be capable of human to human spread: study

  The new H7N9 bird flu virus can be transmitted between mammals not only via direct contact but also in airborne droplets, and may be capable of spreading from person to person, Chinese and American researchers have found.

• Death toll from new bird flu in China rises to 36: WHO

  Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36 from 131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.

• China reports three new bird flu deaths, toll hits 35

  Three more people have died in China from the new strain of H7N9 bird flu virus, raising the death toll to 35 while the total number of infections rose to 130, state media said on Monday.

• China reports latest bird flu death, toll rises to 27

  A 55-year-old man in central China has died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing to 27 the number of deaths from the mysterious H7N9 virus, state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday.

• China detains ten for bird flu rumours, death toll at nine

  Chinese police detained at least 10 people for spreading rumours about the H7N9 bird flu virus, state media said on Wednesday, as the death toll from the new strain rose to nine.

• China confident it can control bird flu outbreak

  China can control the outbreak of an avian flu strain newly contracted by humans, a senior Chinese health official said on Sunday, a day after China reported its eighteenth case of the H7N9 virus that has so far killed six people.