Chinese health authorities today announced another H7N9 avian flu infection in Guangdong province, the area's third reported case in the past week, according to a statement from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP).
A 73-year-old woman in China has died from H10N8 avian flu, the first instance in people.
Chinese health officials reported two new H7N9 avian flu cases in Guangdong province over the past 2 days, in a 36-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman, both of whom are hospitalized in critical condition, according to reports from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP).
Three environmental samples from live-poultry markets in Shenzhen, China, have tested positive for H7N9 avian flu virus, the South China Morning Post reported today. Two recent cases in Hong Kong have been linked to Shenzhen.
Officials discovered the virus after collecting 70 samples at 13 live-bird markets throughout the city.
The WHO confirms four cases as scientists assess risks based on genetic monitoring and lab tests.
Hong Kong detects a second imported H7N9 case, while mainland China reports another.
Authorities are monitoring incoming travelers for disease and have quarantined 17 close contacts of the first H7N9 avian flu patient identified in Hong Kong, its Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said today in a statement.
An expert on variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), the human form of the animal malady known as mad cow disease, claims that the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) has neglected to employ recently developed methods of sterilizing surgical instruments used on patients with the disease, thus putting subsequent surgical patients at risk, said a story last week in The Independent.
The FDA approves the first adjuvanted H5N1 flu vaccine to aid in pandemic preparedness.
A 37-year-old Riyadh resident has died of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, according to a brief translated statement from the Saudi Arabian health ministry today.
