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Drug-resistant "dual mutant" flu strains now being tracked in U.S., CDC says
CBS News· 3 days agoAt least two human cases of the new so-called "dual mutant" strains of H1N1 influenza have been...
Bird Flu (H5N1) Explained: Toddler Infected With Another Strain—Second Human Case In India
Forbes· 3 days agoJune 11The World Health Organization announced a four-year-old child in India was infected with H9N2...
Bird flu is highly lethal to some animals, but not to others. Scientists want to know why
San Francisco Chronicle· 18 hours agoIn the last two years, bird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wild and domestic...
Avian flu, H5N1, has been found in Austin wastewater. How can you protect yourself?
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoIn some outbreaks, the fatality rates have been as high as 50%, Walkes said. Anyone who has flu...
CDC: Drug-resistant 'dual mutant' flu strains detected in US
WXYZ-TV Detroit· 2 days agoResearchers warn that these genetic changes might make flu treatments less effective. Most people...
CDC issues update on H5N2 bird flu strain that killed Mexico man
Newsweek· 5 days agoThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an update on the H5N2 bird flu ...
Child confirmed as India's second-ever human bird flu case
CBS News· 3 days agoThe U.N. health agency confirmed that a suspected case, a 4-year-old child in the eastern state of...
Q&A: Researcher discusses what we need to worry about with avian flu, and what we don't
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoTo find out, we spoke to Stylianos Bournazos, a research associate professor in the Leonard Wagner Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology at Rockefeller, headed by Jeffrey V. Ravetch ...
Bird flu virus from Texas human case kills 100% of ferrets in CDC study
Ars Technica· 5 days agoThe strain of H5N1 bird flu isolated from a dairy worker in Texas was 100 percent fatal in ferrets...
Bird flu is rampant in animals. Humans ignore it at our own peril
CNN via AOL· 4 days agoAll were successfully treated with an antiviral medication. None developed severe symptoms or...