Pediatric patients exhibited high risk for severe avian influenza A/H5N1, suggesting clinical therapeutic and vaccine trials should be prioritized in this population.

A global analysis of the H5N1 avian flu reveals that the virus mortality rate in felines is 90%. “Avian flu is highly deadly ...

However, Hajek said, the high number of ostriches that died in the December outbreak — 69 out of 450 birds — shows that the ostriches became very sick and 15 per cent of the flock was lost, even if it ...

Acquisition of an additional poultry farm north of Cairo will increase revenue, and boost the firm’s share of the Egyptian ...

In a statement on Wednesday, the Department of Agriculture announced that no new import permits will be issued for the ...

Brazil’s meat lobby group, ABPA — representing major global food processors such as JBS SA and BRF SA — has formally ...

The agreement very strongly favours a “One Health” approach, appreciating how so many potential pathogens originate in human-animal interactions. Still to agree on the terms of how to share pathogens ...

The chemical industry is big business in Louisiana. Companies here manufacture plastics, fuels, pesticides, and cleaning products. But one part of the chemical industry that’s often overlooked is ...

As the mercury drops and we start reaching for our scarves and slippers, there’s another reason to brace ourselves this ...

"We don’t need a commission to study the causes of chronic diseases because we already know them," writes Lawrence Gostin, ...

Fragments of West Nile Virus have been identified in mosquitoes collected in the UK for the first time, according to a UK ...