Here’s a look at avian flu. Avian influenza, also called avian flu or bird flu, is an illness that usually affects only birds.

These viruses infect birds but rarely spread to humans. One virus that causes bird flu is called H5N1.

Brazil has declared an animal health emergency for six months after authorities detected its first-ever case of avian influenza virus in wild birds

Brazil investigates four more suspect cases of avian flu in wild birds Brazil is investigating another four new potential cases of highly pathogeni

Brazil is investigating a suspected case of avian influenza A (H5N1) in a person living in the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where this wee

Thus, a type A virus isolated in 1995 in Memphis Tennessee with a strain number of 123 and an H5N1 subtype is designated: Influenza virus was first

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said yesterday that bird flu has been detected in two poultry workers in England

At least seven deceased California condors from a northern Arizona population were infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza this spring, the

In the latest highly pathogenic avian flu developments, Brazil reported the H5N1 strain for the first time in wild birds, and US officials today an

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has entered Brazil for the first time but, so far, remains restricted to seabirds.

The H5N1 avian flu is found on a turkey farm in England. Start your day with TPM.

The cause of death has now been confirmed as H5N1 bird flu by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

The 2009 influenza pandemic A(H1N1)pdm09 of swine origin and the continued circulation of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 strain in humans are stark r

Since 2003, the H5N1 avian flu has killed 455 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.

Since the first case of the 2022/2023 highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak was detected in the U.S. – in a turkey flock – on Feb.

Australia's birds have so far dodged this bullet. Our isolation has kept us safe for now. Antarctica's birds have stayed safe too.

A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has killed thousands of wild birds and is now infecting seals and other marine mammals.

From September onwards, migratory birds will arrive on Australian shores.

Personnel from the National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA) spray disinfectant after burying pelicans that had possibly been infected with H5N1 av

A 3km ‘protection zone’ has been set up to control an outbreak of ‘highly pathogenic’ bird flu in South Yorkshire.

Peruvian health authorities have launched a health alert for 180 days after three cases of the highly contagious H5N1 avian influenza were detected

According to The American Journal of Infection Control, H5N1 is not a blood-borne pathogen.

The new study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, studied virus samples taken from infected birds and mammals.

The bird flu outbreak is the deadliest one in almost 10 years—which has helped cause egg prices to steeply rise—and while infection in humans is ra