Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, confirmed that while the country has not ...

People in five hunger hotspots around the world face extreme hunger and risk of starvation due to conflict, economic shocks and natural hazards, according to the latest Hunger Hotspots report by the ...

Monitoring animal health and disease outbreaks helps save lives, prevent economic losses and stop the spread of diseases—whether they are epidemics (disease spread in a specific geographic region) or ...

Please use one of the following formats to cite this article in your essay, paper or report: APA. Sidharthan, Chinta. (2025, May 19). What makes H5N1 a pandemic risk and how can we stop it?.

The FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for the Africa session was held in Kampala, Uganda in January. Emerging issues highlighted in previous sessions included antimicrobial resistance, ...

H5N1 bird flu, prevalent in U.S. wild birds, has caused increasing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows, leading to 70 human cases and one death since 2024. Experts are divided on the pandemic ...

On the other hand, "migration and wild bird mixing likely does drive emergence of new subtypes," he cautioned. Overall, there have been 70 cases of H5N1 detected in humans since the outbreak began ...

Experts warn about the possibility of a new pandemic in 2025 as the H5N1 bird flu virus spreads across all 50 states, impacting cows at US dairy farms, leading to human infections and raising ...

What is H5N1? H5N1 is a specific strain of influenza A virus, also known as bird flu. The avian flu is a highly contagious respiratory disease that primarily affects birds, but can also infect ...

What is the H5N1 situation in California? In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in December to combat bird flu, which has spread to the state's dairies in the last month ...

To avoid the risk of H5N1 in milk, raw milk and unpasteurized cheese should be avoided according to the CDC. Pasteurization, a heat treatment process, kills bacteria and viruses, like avian ...