The human avian flu case in B.C. demonstrates there is much to learn about the complex factors that may result in a virus developing the ability to infect humans.
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Greek and Roman writers were already asking how birds became sick, what signs to look for, and what could be done when disease appeared in them.
The Beachport seal is one animal – for now. But this virus has already shown us what can happen next. Australia should use that warning while we still have time.
Little penguins are flightless and return at night to the same burrow, making it easier to capture and vaccinate them.
With H5N1 now in New Zealand, protecting the most threatened birds will involve difficult decisions, careful prioritisation – and sometimes chance.
Domestic pet owners, particularly those with chicken flocks, should be on alert for signs of this highly infectious virus.
The outbreak isn’t widespread, so the risk to humans is low. But it does have the potential to cause severe illness.
Bird flu is spreading globally and getting closer to New Zealand. Its arrival may be a matter of when, not if – and the risks are significant.
Viral infections are on the rise and spreading across the globe.
H5N1 has a 50% fatality rate in humans. Yet we’re dismantling the systems designed to catch it early.
Researchers have detected highly pathogenic avian influenza in 41 at-risk bird species across all 10 Canadian provinces.
The pace of investment to manage diseases transmissible from animals to humans is dangerously slow.
At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It’s a sign that a pandemic may be on the horizon.
Artificial intelligence can sift thorugh vast amounts of online social media and environmental data to predict avian flu outbreaks.
Consumers and politicians blame cage-free egg laws and bird flu outbreaks for high egg prices. But the root cause is an outdated supply chain system.
By undermining crucial capacity for infectious disease surveillance, Trump is passing untold risks into the future.
Pathogens are constantly evolving to become resistant to treatment in the perpetual battle between humans and infectious diseases.
The CDC was instrumental in eradicating smallpox, identifying the causes of HIV and encouraging Americans to get the COVID-19 shot.
With the devastating 1918 pandemic in mind, US health officials saw an outbreak in Asia and swung into action. What happened offers lessons for today.
Indigenous peoples have been largely excluded from the federal government’s planning for the arrival of H5N1. When will this change?
Top contributors
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Research assosciate MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, UNSW
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Anthropologie, EHESS, CNRS, Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale, Collège de France, Auteurs historiques The Conversation France
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Professor and Webster Family Chair in Viral Pathogenesis, University of Otago
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Associate Professor | Director, DNA Zoo Australia, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University
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Professor of Immunology and Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, University of Guelph
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Distinguished Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Public Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Immunology and Infection, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
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Research Fellow, Pandemics & Borders Project, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Research Associate, Global Biosecurity, UNSW
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Senior lecturer, specialist poultry veterinarian, University of Pretoria
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University