Insights and Stories on H7N9

Top U.S. chicken-producing state sees first case of bird flu

Mar. 27, 2017 at 8:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Georgia has confirmed its first-ever case of bird flu in commercial poultry, its agriculture department said on Monday, widening an outbreak of the disease into the United States’ biggest chicken meat-producing state. A flock of 18,000 chickens used for breeding was culled after testing positive for […]

Canada blocks poultry, eggs from Tennessee, Alabama

Mar. 17, 2017 at 9:25 pm CDT

By Staff

WHO says bird flu outbreaks raise alarm

Mar. 1, 2017 at 1:28 pm CST

By Kate Kelland

China reports more severe form of bird flu, threat to poultry

Feb. 22, 2017 at 2:08 pm CST

By Dominique Patton stephanie-nebehay

China bird flu deaths surge in what could be worst season ever

Feb. 15, 2017 at 12:37 pm CST

By Reuters

Mutating H7N9 bird flu may pose pandemic threat, scientists warn

Mar. 11, 2015 at 6:19 pm CDT

London | Reuters –– A wave of H7N9 bird flu in China that has spread into people may have the potential to emerge as a pandemic strain in humans, scientists said Wednesday. The H7N9 virus, one of several strains of bird flu known to be able to infect humans, has […]

By Kate Kelland

Husband of B.C. woman with H7N9 also infected

Jan. 30, 2015 at 8:12 pm CST

Toronto | Reuters –– The husband of a woman who tested positive for the H7N9 avian flu virus earlier this week was also infected, likely from a common source during their visit to China, federal and provincial officials confirmed Friday. The couple, residents of British Columbia, exhibited symptoms one day […]

By Reuters

B.C. resident positive for H7N9 avian flu

Jan. 26, 2015 at 5:50 pm CST

Vancouver | Reuters –– A British Columbia resident has tested positive for the H7N9 avian flu virus in the first documented case of the infection in a human in North America, the federal government said Monday. The person had returned to Canada from China and is recovering from the illness […]

By Julie Gordon