Bird Flu

Bird flu human case is reported in Colorado

Public health officials in Colorado, US, on Wednesday announced an adult man had tested positive… Read More

Bird flu may turn into a pandemic

Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance may… Read More

Finland to start bird flu vaccinations for humans

Finland plans to offer preemptive bird flu vaccination as soon as next week to some… Read More

Bird flu spreads to seventh Australian poultry farm

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has spread to a seventh poultry farm near Melbourne, the government… Read More

Pasteurization may not clear bird flu from heavily infected milk

In raw milk samples spiked with high amounts of bird flu virus, small amounts of… Read More

Human case of bird flu detected in India, confirms WHO

The World Health Organization on Tuesday said a case of human infection with bird flu… Read More

Texas bird flu strain kills ferrets

The bird flu virus strain that infected a Texas dairy farm worker in March was… Read More

First human case of bird flu died from multiple factors: WHO

A man infected with H5N2 bird flu, the first confirmed human infection with the strain,… Read More

Cows infected with bird flu have died in five US states

Dairy cows infected with bird flu in five US states have died or been slaughtered… Read More

Person with bird flu died in Mexico, WHO says

A person with prior health complications who had contracted bird flu died in Mexico in… Read More

H7 bird flu found on third poultry farm in Australia

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) has been detected at a third poultry farm near… Read More

Bird flu detected in dairy cow sent to slaughter

Bird flu virus particles were found in tissue samples taken from one dairy cow sent… Read More

US reports 2nd human case of bird flu tied to dairy cow outbreak

A second case of bird flu has been found in a human, US health authorities… Read More

Explainer: Why bird flu is now a major threat to marine life

A deadly strain of avian influenza is spreading across the global ocean. Scientists estimate that… Read More

Dairy worker bird flu case shows need for protective gear

The Texas dairy farm worker infected with H5N1 bird flu was not wearing respiratory or… Read More

Dairy workers are at risk from bird flu

U.S. health officials on Friday warned that dairy workers remain at risk from the H5N1… Read More

Bird flu likely circulated in cows for four months

Bird flu likely circulated in US dairy cows on a limited basis for about four… Read More

Bird flu: US tests show pasteurized milk is safe

Additional tests of milk showed that pasteurization killed the bird flu virus, federal health officials… Read More

1 in 5 commercial milk samples test positive for bird flu: US FDA

About one in five samples of commercial milk in the US tested positive for traces… Read More

Cow-to-cow transmission a factor in bird flu spread

The US Department of Agriculture said this week that cow-to-cow transmission is a factor in… Read More