Health agencies have reported that the bird flu pathogen that claimed the life of the Shenzhen bus driver earlier this week cannot be transmitted from human to human. This comes despite the fact that the bus driver in question had allegedly not had contact with poultry for a month prior to falling ill. Unassuaged authorities insist that though the strain is highly contagious between birds, as of now, the only way for it to infect someone is through poultry-to-human contact: more ›

A man has passed away in Shenzhen a week after being admitted to the hospital for bird flu. This is said to be the first bird flu fatality since 2010: more ›

For the first time in seven years the H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected in Hong Kong. A 59-year old woman had begun to show flu symptoms after her family trip to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing. She was admitted to a hospital on the 14th of November having only returned to Hong Kong on the 1st. more ›

After a two year old girl in Shanxi and a 27 year old woman in Shandong province succumbed earlier to the H5N1 virus, a 16 year old boy in Hunan province has become the third fatality recorded within a month. Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu has called for health departments across the nation to pay "great attention" to the situation now that tens of millions of people are travelling home for the Chinese New Year. more ›

A toddler in Shanxi province has been confirmed infected with bird flu. The two-year-old, originally from Hunan, was taken to the Shanxi Children's Hospital on Wednesday night and tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. She is now in critical condition. This is the second case of bird flu this week, after a 19-year-old Beijing resident died after handling ducks at a local wet market. See our tips for preventing bird flu here. Source: Caijing (Chinese only) more ›