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A new lineage of avian flu H5N1 is ripping through wild bird populations and also affecting mammals, such as minks, badgers, pigs, bears. Are humans next? ....
“Does it hurt?” asks Lela Beradze kindly as she administers an influenza vaccine to a health worker at the Botchorishvili Clinic, a large hospital in Tbilisi, Georgia. Lela is Chief Nurse at the Clinic’s emergency unit, and has been a nurse for 35 years. Her knowledge of vaccines is extensive. She explains that the influenza“Does it hurt?” asks Lela Beradze kindly as she administers an influenza vaccine to a health worker at the Botchorishvili Clinic, a large hospital in Tbilisi, Georgia. Lela is Chief Nurse at the Clinic’s emergency unit, and has been a nurse for 35 years. Her knowledge of vaccines is extensive. She explains that the influenza » The FINANCIAL Featured ....
02-03-2021 WHO Russian authorities have reported 7 poultry farm workers aged 29 to 60 years infected with the A(H5N8) strain of avian influenza, also known as bird flu. This is the first reported detection of this strain of avian influenza in humans. The human infections occurred on a poultry farm in Astrakhan, Russian Federation, and were reported to WHO by Russian health officials via channels of the International Health Regulations (2005). Concerns were raised when 101 000 out of 900 000 egg-laying hens on the farm died in early December 2020. An investigation by Russian veterinary public-health authorities detected avian influenza A(H5N8), which was then confirmed by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Reference Laboratory and the Federal Centre for Animal Health in the city of Vladimir, Russian Federation. ....