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Flu is back and teaming up with COVID, RSV for winter virus 'package'

Canberrans are at risk of catching COVID, the flu and RSV as cases rise.

The Canberra Times

Flu cases jump in the Hunter, but COVID 'may be peaking'

COVID cases rise among those aged five to 16 this month.

Newcastle Herald

Bird flu: H5N1 virus in Brazil wild birds prompts animal health emergency

Health declaration to last 180 days, as world’s biggest exporter of chicken meat detects virus for first time ever

The Guardian - AU

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Novel host-directed molecules blunt SARS-CoV-2, influenza virus

The Hindu

Brazil investigates four more suspect cases of avian flu in wild birds

Brazil is investigating another four new potential cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in wild birds, according to authorities from the state of Espirito Santo, where Brazil's first ever cases were confirmed this week.

Reuters

Should I get a flu vaccine this year? Here’s what you need to know

Health authorities recommend everyone aged six months of age or over should get the flu vaccine every year.

The New Daily

Brazil investigates suspected bird flu case in human

Brazil is investigating a suspected case of avian influenza A (H5N1) in a person living in the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where this week the first ever confirmed cases in wild birds were detected, the Health Ministry said.

Reuters

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Brazil boosts bird flu defense to protect world's top chicken industry

Brazil is taking extra precautions to protect the world's largest poultry export industry from a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus that was this week detected among wild birds in the country after previously hitting neighboring nations.

Reuters

UK's 3 bird flu hotspots revealed in interactive map - as 2 humans catch virus

While the exact location of the two bird flu cases remains unknown, an interactive map shows that three areas in England are currently at higher risk of an outbreak

Daily Mirror

What is bird flu and what are the symptoms? Human case detected in England

Health authorities are said to be monitoring situation ‘closely’ after rare case of H5N1 confirmed

Evening Standard

All you need to know about bird flu as two human cases confirmed in England

Two bird flu cases have been confirmed in humans in England

Chronicle Live

Vaccine authorized for emergency use in California condors amid bird flu outbreak

California condors will receive a vaccine for a deadly strain of avian influenza that threatens the already critically endangered vulture species

The Independent UK

All you need to know about bird flu as poultry worker cases confirmed in England

The cases are believed to be linked to exposure to sick birds on a single poultry farm

Wales Online

All you need to know about bird flu as poultry worker cases confirmed

Health officials say there are no signs of person-to-person transmission and contact tracing is being done as a precaution.

The Independent UK

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The Conversation

Should I get a flu vaccine this year? Here's what you need to know

After having low rates of influenza (flu) transmission in recent years thanks to our COVID control strategies, case numbers are now rising.

Evening Standard

Bird flu detected in two poultry workers in England

Bird flu has been detected in two poultry workers in England although there are no signs of human-to-human transmission, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said.

Wales Online

Bird flu virus detected in two UK poultry workers

Neither has experienced any symptoms of avian influenza

The Guardian - UK

Bird flu could become the next human pandemic – and politicians aren’t paying attention

We have the tools to prepare, but post-Covid fatigue and a lack of political will mean they aren’t being used, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at Edinburgh University

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ABC News

Flu threatens young children with only 6 per cent of kids vaccinated

Ash and her young daughter Clancy caught influenza after they forgot to get vaccinated last year. She never wants to experience it again. So why are so many Aussie kids not getting their flu shot?

ABC News

Nurse's diary describes quarantine 'hell' as deadly Spanish Flu arrived in Australia

Susie Cone was one of a group of nurses who cared for Australian soldiers struck down by the deadly Spanish Flu in 1918. Her digitised diary provides a rare glimpse inside one quarantine station.

Bangkok Post

Experts downplay spike in severe Covid cases in HK

HONG KONG: The number of fatal and severe Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong last week was almost double the tally recorded in the previous seven days, health authorities have said.

Dynamite News

Research finds new ways to trap influenza A and Ebola virus

Viruses like influenza A and Ebola invade human cells in a number of steps. Read further on Dynamite News:

Newcastle Herald

COVID still way more prominent than flu

'We now call what was formerly swine flu just seasonal influenza.'

The Conversation

Migrating birds could bring lethal avian flu to Australia's vulnerable birds

In 2021, avian influenza evolved into a new form – a new and remarkably lethal variant first found in Europe.

Bangkok Post

Flu vaccine stockpile to be boosted

The National Health Security Office is preparing to order an additional 860,000 influenza vaccine doses, bringing the stockpile to 5.26 million doses to immunise vulnerable groups.

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