Highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has been around since the 1990s, but this current bird flu pandemic started in Asia in 2020, when a low pathogenic strain mutated into a high pathogenic strain called ...

A global alliance of animal welfare groups has blamed bird flu outbreaks on the caged egg industry, despite outbreaks being ...

Covid-19, of course, but also H5N1 bird flu, which has since swept around the world leaving millions of dead wild birds in its wake.  It has reached everywhere – except Australia, New Zealand and the ...

Despite strong fundamentals for the global poultry market, supported by high beef and egg prices and stable feed costs, ...

New Zealand has been preparing for the possible arrival of H5N1 bird flu, with the aim of minimising potential damage to wildlife, the agricultural sector and human health.

Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

Citing a drop in case numbers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has merged H5N1 bird flu updates with routine updates for seasonal ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has ended its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu, citing a drop in ...

The bird flu strain appeared in the U.S. in late 2021. Since April 2024, there have been a total of 61 reported human cases of H5 bird flu reported in the U.S., according to the Centers for ...