Alberta chicken farmers are bracing for a second wave of avian flu infection this fall as the death toll among the province’s flocks has surpassed one million.
Tag: Influenza
Why You Won’t See New Amsterdam’s ‘Lost’ Influenza Outbreak Episode
RELATED STORIES While New Amsterdam battles COVID in Season 3, the NBC medical drama’s flu pandemic episode from last season will remain (mostly) unseen. Last March, the show opted to pull from the schedule an installment about an influenza outbreak in the wake of the real-world global coronavirus crisis. “The world needs a lot less […]
Influenza has killed 3 unvaccinated Sask. preschoolers so far this season: public health officials
Health officials are pleading with families to get flu shots, with hospitalization rates for the flu this season highest for children under age nine. Only one in three Saskatchewan toddlers has had the vaccine, the provincial health authority says.
Deluge of Influenza Patients Forces Hospitals to Creatively Cope
Hospital emergency rooms across the U.S. have been slammed by flu cases, forcing hospitals to devise new spaces to house patients, to restrict visitors and to postpone elective surgeries.
Flu WARNING: Getting struck down with influenza ‘puts you at higher risk of HEART ATTACK’
BEING struck down by flu makes you six times more likely to suffer a heart attack, a new study suggests.
Aussie flu MAPPED: Countries across the globe hit by influenza virus – with cases rising
AUSSIE flu is just one of the strains of influenza causing havoc around the world at the moment – symptoms are the same as normal flu but considered more severe. As well as causing havoc in the UK the virus has spread globally, and the countries to see an increase in the number of cases […]
5 more dogs test positive for canine influenza in Canada
Five dogs in Canada that came into contact with two others with H3N2 canine influenza have also tested positive.
Group that brought dogs with influenza to Canada says it had ‘no way of knowing’ animals were sick
Staff at MotorCity Greyhound Rescue in Detroit, Mich. say they took all necessary precautions before importing greyhounds with a highly infectious canine flu from South Korea.
Flu tactics: New study reveals how influenza A attacks & hijacks human cells
Published time: 6 May, 2017 23:23 A study identifying the little-studied ways of how flu viruses hijack human cells and spread infection throughout the body has been published by a New York team of researchers. It could give insight into brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Scientists from Icahn School of Medicine at […]
Mississauga girl loses 2 limbs after infection doctors thought was influenza
Parents of an 11-year-old girl who had two limbs amputated after a serious bacterial infection caused by streptococcus A are asking why their daughter’s condition was dismissed as the flu. CBC | Health News
