The flu-like illness, nicknamed parrot fever, is caused by a type of chlamydia rife in birds. It is different to the strain responsible for the human STI, and is not spread sexually. Psittacosis ...

Just four cases of bird flu in backyard flocks have been confirmed in this area, and risk to humans is very low. Humans can't ...

So you’re going to have a cough, congestion, runny nose, fever ... but less than 70 human cases were confirmed. “Unfortunately, there’s no test for bird flu. However, since it’s in ...

However, with prompt antibiotic treatment, the infection is usually manageable, and fatalities among humans are rare. Several European countries have witnessed a surge in parrot fever cases ...

including fever, shortness of breath, diarrhoea and general malaise, according to WHO. Other subtypes of bird flu like H5N1 have spread to humans, but evidence to date suggests that has resulted ...

But can infected milk infect humans? Studies have found that mice can be infected with bird flu through the consumption of infected ... including protection against asthma, hay fever and inflammation.