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Pasteurization reliably kills bird flu viruses
According to the US health authority CDC, there are now more than 130 registered H5N1 infections in a dozen US states. Available data on...
Bird flu: milking machines as viruses
It is a worrying development around the bird flu virus: according to a new American study, the pathogen can remain infectious for hours on...
Japan: Warning about “flesh-eating” bacteria
In Japan, an increase in infections with a 'flesh-eating' bacterium that causes streptococcal-induced toxic shock syndrome (STSS) was reported in the first half of...
“Risk quite low” – first death due to bird flu virus type H5N2
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported the world's first death of a human infected with laboratory-confirmed bird flu virus A (H5N2). The...
Infected in cows! – USA: People get bird flu for the second time
For the second time, someone in the US has been confirmed as having bird flu. The American health authority CDC announced on Monday...
