Influenza A virus subtype H5N1
China reported its First Death from Bird Flu H3N8
China notified the World Health Organization (WHO) that a woman infected with H3N8 bird flu had died last month, DPA and Reuters reported.
This is only the third known case of human infection and the first fatality from this strain of bird flu.
The other two cases were also reported in China last April and May, the WHO said.
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Raccoon dog data sparks new debate about COVID origins
New evidence that raccoon dogs were at the Chinese market where COVID is suspected to have first infected humans has reignited debate over the origin of the pandemic.
Measures for travel from China ‘a bit excessive,’ says expert
Weighing in on the measures taken in Europe regarding travelers from China due to the coronavirus situation there, Gikas Magiorkinis, a professor of epidemiology and a member of the expert committee advising the Ministry of Health, said they are "a bit excessive."
First Cancer Vaccines could be widely Available before 2030
Vaccines to fight cancer will be widely available before 2030, say husband and wife Prof. Ugur Şahin and Prof. Özlem Tureçi, creators of one of the most successful vaccines against COVID-19, writes in the New York Times.
Lessons learned from the pandemic will accelerate cancer treatments based on mRNA technology, they say.
Is Your Government Ready for Another Pandemic? (infographic)
According to the report, public trust in government rise and fell throughout the pandemic
China detects first human case of H3N8 bird flu
China has confirmed the first known human case of the H3N8 strain of avian flu, but health authorities say there is a low risk of widespread transmission among people.
H3N8 is known to have been circulating since 2002 after first emerging in North American waterfowl. It is known to infect horses, dogs and seals, but has not previously been detected in humans.
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President furious with Europe re: omicron; "Virus had not originated in our country"
Just to recall, South Africa reported to the WHO that a new strain of coronavirus has been identified, which experts assumed could be the worst so far. An emergency session of the WHO was convened, which finally announced today the predictions about the consequences that this strain could have on the previous pandemic.
Virus in China mutated: It spreads easily, experts worried
China confirms first human case of bird flu strain
China reported the world's first human infection of the H10N3 bird flu strain on June 1 but said the risk of it spreading widely among people was low.
A 41-year-old man was admitted to hospital with fever symptoms in the eastern city of Zhenjiang on April 28 and was diagnosed with H10N3 a month later, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in an online statement.
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Scientists in fear: Co-infection discovered
They said they were very concerned and that their study was the first in the world to confirm co-infection with two strains of coronavirus.
The discovery was published on the medical site "medRxiv.org", and the study has yet to go through the review process and be published in a scientific journal, Reuters reports.
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