Health

Russia detects first case of H5N8 bird flu in humans

[ad_1] Russia said on Saturday that its scientists had detected the world’s first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of bird flu from birds to humans and had alerted the WHO. Anna Popova, head of Russia’s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, said in televised statements that scientists from the Vektor lab …

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UN: Tigray malnutrition ‘very critical’, response woefully poor | Human rights news

[ad_1] Reports from humanitarian workers in the conflict-affected region of Ethiopia indicate an increase in acute malnutrition as insecurity, bureaucracy and the presence of various armed actors hamper humanitarian efforts. A new United Nations report has sounded the alarm about a “very critical malnutrition situation” unfolding in Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray …

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