And the new research findings hold a warning:H5N1 may similarly transform to cause large-scale infections in other mammalian species,including people.
Emergency departments are braced for a punishing winter of respiratory illnesses as rising numbers of children are presenting to hospital.
Tens of thousands of Australians are unaware they carry genetic mutations that can cause aggressive cancers and require them to make life-changing – or life-saving – decisions.
Experts agree that one of the best way to prevent and lower hypertension is by working out.
The preferred antibiotic to treat ‘walking pneumonia’ in children is in short supply,as a wave of respiratory illnesses spreads across Queensland.
The upper house member is hesitant to say he returned to politics in his son’s memory,but says the state’s inadequate mental health system was behind the decision.
There have been 35 reported cases of measles in 2024 so far,compared with 26 last year. Experts blame international outbreaks and declining vaccination rates.
Australia earlier this week reported its first human case of avian influenza in a child in Victoria whom authorities said had been infected in India.
Spurlock was known for his groundbreaking film Super Size Me,which chronicled the detrimental physical and psychological effects of him eating only McDonald’s food for 30 days.
More than 560,000 chickens have been destroyed at two farms in Victoria’s west as officials confirmed two different strains of avian influenza were detected at the properties.
Thousands of chickens have been killed to stem the spread of a deadly strain of bird flu,but the disease has already been discovered at a second poultry farm in the state’s south-west.