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Lung cancer patient who died recently in Haryana, had tested H3N2 in Jan

A 56-year-old man from Haryana, a lung cancer patient who died recently, had tested positive for the H3N2 virus in January, a health department official said on Friday. "As per preliminary information, patient, 56-year-old male, resident of Jind district, died on 08-02-23 at home, was a lung cancer patient. He had tested positive for H3N2 virus in January at PGIMS hospital in Rohtak," the official said. The official said the patient had tested positive for the Influenza A subtype H3N2 virus on January 17.

H3N2 influenza: Symptoms, spread, prevention, what do experts say?

Common symptoms of seasonal influenza include a sudden fever, a cough (usually dry), a headache, muscle and joint pain, a sore throat, and a runny nose

Japan culls record 9.98 million birds as avian influenza rages

The season's first case of bird flu was confirmed in October last year on a poultry farm in Okayama prefecture

US records over 12,000 deaths from flu this season, CDC estimates show

Over 20,700 people were hospitalised due to flu in the US in the latest week ending December 17, CDC data showed

Respiratory virus at high, Tridemic overwhelms Canadian health care system

Tridemic is the combination of three virals - Flu, Covid-19 and RSV

US weekly flu hospitalisations hit record high since 2010: CDC data

Five flu-associated paediatric deaths were reported in the week ending November 19, which increased the overall number to 12, according to the CDC

Health ministry deploys team to Kerala to check avian influenza outbreak

The Union health ministry has deployed a high-level team to Kerala to take stock of the avian influenza outbreak in the state. The team will investigate the outbreak in detail and submit a report with recommendations, the ministry said in a statement. The seven-member central team to Kerala comprises experts drawn from the National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi; the National Centre for Disease Control, New Delhi; the National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai; and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The team is headed by Dr Rajesh Kedamani, Sr RD, Regional Office of Health and Family Welfare, Bangalore. The team will also assist the state health departments in terms of public health measures, management guidelines and protocols to manage the increasing cases of avian influenza being reported by the state, the statement added. With the outbreak of avian influenza confirmed among ducks in Kerala's Alappuzha district, authorities

Bird flu: No cause for concern in other parts of Thane, says collector

Bird flu cases have been detected in Shahapur, following the death of around 100 birds at a poultry farm in Vehloli village in the tehsil recently

54-year-old woman in China died last month from H5N6 strain of bird flu

A woman in China's Sichuan province died from the H5N6 strain of avian influenza last month, a regional health bureau said

Human-to-human transmission of bird flu rare, no need to panic: AIIMS chief

AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus is very rare and there is no need to panic.

Avian Influenza: Samples sent to NIHSAD Bhopal for tests found negative

Surveillance samples, which were sent to NIHSAD Bhopal for the tests of Avian Influenza on March 4, has been found negative as per the report received late Wednesday

All 3rd round samples from Delhi zoo test negative for avian influenza

All samples of bird droppings collected from Delhi Zoo in the third round of serological surveillance have tested negative for Avian influenza virus, authorities said on Monday. According to the officials, the National Zoological Park (NZP) had sent these samples to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal, for checking. "This is the second time when the serological surveillance results of NZP for Avian flu have come negative," an official said. Earlier six serological samples of National Zoological Park sent to NIHSAD, Bhopal, on January 19 were found negative for avian influenza virus. The fourth round of serological surveillance samples will be collected on March 4 by a team of Animal Husbandry (AH) Department of Delhi government and sent to NIHSAD. "NZP has been consistently following protocols and monitoring the health and hygiene of enclosures and wetland areas," the official said. Last month four serological samples of bird droppings collect

First cases of avian influenza detected in Jammu's Udhampur and Poonch

The Udhampur and Poonch districts of Jammu region have reported their first cases of avian influenza

Bird flu in poultry confirmed from two places in Maharashtra's Yavatmal

The Centre on Sunday said bird flu in poultry birds has been confirmed from two places in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra while in a crow sample in Delhi

Avian influenza confirmed in 9 states for poultry birds, says Centre

The central government on Saturday informed that avian influenza or bird flu has been confirmed in nine states for poultry birds and in 12 states for crow, migratory and wild birds till January 23."Till January 23, 2021 outbreaks of Avian Influenza (bird flu) have been confirmed in 9 States (Kerala, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab) for poultry birds and in 12 states (Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab) for Crow/Migratory/ Wild birds," informed the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying.The ministry said the samples of crow and pigeon submitted from Rudraprayag, Lansdowne Forest Range and Paudi Forest Range of Uttarakhand, pigeon samples from Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan, crow and peacock samples from Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur have been found negative for avian influenza.Control .

Culling of poultry birds underway in Maharashtra, Haryana: Centre

The Centre said culling of poultry birds is underway in Maharashtra and Haryana, while fresh cases of bird flu have been confirmed in poultry in Mumbai as well as in the Mandsaur district of MP

What Bird Flu can do to you and industry: Explained in simplest manner

Parts of country have imposed a temporary ban on sale and storage of poultry or processed chicken meat in view of the bird flu situation. As many as 238 birds including chickens were reported dead in Maharashtra on Wednesday and samples have been sent to the labs to check if avian influenza was the cause. Other states too have either confirmed cases or have sent samples for testing. What is the status now and is it a panic situation for people and industry? Watch the explainer video

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Bird flu: Nearly 200 birds found dead in Uttarakhand's Dehradun, Rishikesh

Amid an avian influenza scare in several states, nearly 200 birds, mostly crows, have been found dead in Uttarakhand's Dehradun and Rishikesh, officials said on Monday

Bird flu confirmed in Delhi, all 8 samples sent to Bhopal lab test positive

Testing of eight samples sent to a Bhopal-based laboratory has confirmed bird flu in Delhi, officials said on Monday