Category Virus Alert

3,200 Pigs Killed Due To Outbreak Of Disease In Pyongyang, North Korea South Korea has offered to send vaccine and medical equipment to North Korea to help contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, in a further sign of warming cross-border…

30,000-Year-Old Giant Virus ‘Comes Back To Life’ An ancient virus has “come back to life” after lying dormant for at least 30,000 years, scientists say. It was found frozen in a deep layer of the Siberian permafrost, but after it…

Thousands Of Chickens Killed Due To Avian Flu In Sunsari District, Nepal Bird flu has been detected in two poultry farms in Itahari of Sunsari district. After confirmation that the chickens in poultry farms run by Tika Bahadur Rai and…

Thousands Of Birds Found Dead, Due To Avian Flu In Trenggalek Regency, Indonesia A fresh bird-flu outbreak has hit Trenggalek regency, East Java, where thousands of birds were found dead in Pakis village, Durenan district. Tests have confirmed the deaths…

Thousands Of Birds Killed Due To Avian Flu In Various Provinces In Vietnam More than 400 chickens sick with bird flu were destroyed in central Vietnam to contain the disease that has killed thousands of fowl this month, officials say.…

Influenza Kills 605 People In Mexico Mexico has reported 605 deaths and 5,471 cases of influenza since January 1, mainly caused by the A(H1N1) virus. The Secretariat of Health reported that the 551 deaths were caused by that variant of…

Deadly Flu Virus Set To Spread Like Wildfire In Ireland Warns Expert   A deadly flu outbreak that has already claimed five lives is set to spread in Irish hospitals. One expert has warned that overcrowding in emergency rooms will…

Bee Virus Spreading To Wild Bumblebees With Fatal Results   The bee virus is spreading from honeybees to their wild cousin bumblebees at an alarming rate, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The study, which was conducted in the…

Washington Declares Emergency Rule For Pig Virus The Washington State Department of Agriculture is requiring evidence that pigs entering the state are free of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, which is spreading throughout the United States.   The Washington Department…

New Virus Death In Saudi Arabia A Saudi man has died from a new respiratory virus related to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, bringing to 60 the number of deaths in the kingdom at the centre of the outbreak. The Health…