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Facing egg shortage, Americans bring chickens home to roost

Facing egg shortage, Americans bring chickens home to roost

A Houston poultry supply company is selling chickens like there is no tomorrow, as sky-high prices for eggs prompt some Americans to produce their own at home.
Bird flu kills boy in Cambodia

Bird flu kills boy in Cambodia

Measures taken to curb cross-border poultry smuggling

Measures taken to curb cross-border poultry smuggling

First H3N8 bird flu death recorded in China

First H3N8 bird flu death recorded in China

A woman has died from H3N8 bird flu in China, the World Health Organization reported Tuesday -- the first known human fatality from the avian influenza strain.
April 11, 2023 | 06:13 pm PT
Viruses in Cambodian bird flu cases identified as endemic clade

Viruses in Cambodian bird flu cases identified as endemic clade

The viruses that infected two people in Cambodia with H5N1 avian influenza have been identified as an endemic clade of bird flu circulating in the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.
February 26, 2023 | 06:24 pm PT
HCMC to monitor entrants from H5N1-stricken areas

HCMC to monitor entrants from H5N1-stricken areas

The HCMC People's Committee on Sunday requested for tight monitoring of entrants from areas with H5N1 avian flu outbreaks as a bordering Cambodian province recorded two cases.
February 26, 2023 | 07:51 am PT
Bird flu situation 'worrying'; WHO working with Cambodia

Bird flu situation 'worrying'; WHO working with Cambodia

The World Health Organization is working with Cambodian authorities after two confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu were found among one family in the country.
February 24, 2023 | 05:16 pm PT
Bird flu, flu, cold, Covid-19: the differences

Bird flu, flu, cold, Covid-19: the differences

Patients with avian influenza A/H5N1 usually have dry cough, high fever and chills, while those with flu usually have milder fever and prolonged fatigue.
October 22, 2022 | 01:24 am PT
Girl contracts avian flu after ingesting sick poultry

Girl contracts avian flu after ingesting sick poultry

Vietnam's first recorded human case of A/H5 avian flu in eight years had consumed sick poultry a week before her first symptoms appeared, the local CDC said Friday.
October 20, 2022 | 11:27 pm PT
Japan reports first bird flu outbreak of season, culling 143,000 chickens

Japan reports first bird flu outbreak of season, culling 143,000 chickens

Japan has detected its first outbreak of bird flu for the 2021 winter season, with confirmation of a case of "highly pathogenic avian influenza" at a poultry farm in the northeast of the country, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday.
November 10, 2021 | 01:25 am PT
WHO warns Vietnam to guard against H5N8 bird flu strain

WHO warns Vietnam to guard against H5N8 bird flu strain

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Vietnam to remain vigilant after confirmation of the first human infection cases related to the H5N8 bird flu strain.
March 3, 2021 | 04:31 am PT
Vietnam culls 100,000 fowl as bird flu looms large

Vietnam culls 100,000 fowl as bird flu looms large

Vietnam has culled more than 100,000 fowl so far this year following outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 and H5N6 bird flu strains in 14 localities.
February 8, 2021 | 05:00 pm PT
55,000 poultry culled as avian flu advances across Vietnam

55,000 poultry culled as avian flu advances across Vietnam

Hanoi and four provinces in Vietnam now observe avian flu outbreaks as of Sunday, forcing over 55,000 poultry to be culled.
February 17, 2020 | 01:34 am PT
Vietnam culls 30,000 poultry to stem bird flu outbreak

Vietnam culls 30,000 poultry to stem bird flu outbreak

About 30,000 poultry have been slaughtered across Hanoi and north-central Thanh Hoa Province following bird flu infection.
February 11, 2020 | 05:44 am PT
Vietnamese woman pays heavy price for carrying quail embryos into Singapore

Vietnamese woman pays heavy price for carrying quail embryos into Singapore

A Singapore court fined a Vietnamese woman S$6,000 ($4,358) Monday for illegally carrying 330 quail eggs with embryos into the island.
November 1, 2018 | 08:12 pm PT
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