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Third of donated Japanese mpox vaccines going to waste in Congo amid storage challenge
Reuters Around a third of mpox vaccines donated by Japan to the Democratic Republic of Congo are being wasted because they cannot be stored once prepared for use, the head of Congo’s mpox response told Reuters. Japan has donated three million doses of its LC16 vaccine to Congo to help fight a new form of mpox known […]
Nov 12, 2025
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Germany’s bird flu cases at three-year high with ‘no relief in sight’ Reuters Germany has already recorded in 2025 its highest number of bird flu outbreaks in three years and there is no relief in sight, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute for Animal Diseases said, as Europe witnessed a sharp resurgence of the deadly disease. The spread of […]
Nov 12, 2025
‘Bird flu means rare breeds will disappear’
BBC A farmer has said she no longer breeds rare chicks due to more frequent outbreaks of bird flu. North Yorkshire has seen four confirmed cases of avian influenza in recent weeks, with a mandatory housing order now in place across England. Angela Serino, who runs Beetle Bank Farm on the outskirts of York, has […]
Nov 12, 2025
Symptom-free H5N1 infection in humans: Evidence remains scarce
Medical Express Researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified a few instances of asymptomatic human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus. Widespread in wild birds worldwide, H5N1 has been causing outbreaks in poultry for several years. Recent “egg-flation” price increases for eggs in the US were largely due to a […]
Nov 12, 2025
Bird flu detected in West Michigan poultry flock
MLive Bird flu has been detected in a flock of Allegan County poultry. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) detected the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus during an investigation, per a state press release. The exact location of the flock was not disclosed. This is the second case in poultry found in […]
Nov 12, 2025
All the Ostriches Must Die
The Atlantic How the plight of a few hundred birds in Canada became an all-out fight for freedom. he police came at dawn. Karen Espersen watched them drive into the valley: more than 40 cruisers in a line. They were on a mission from the government. All of her ostriches must die. Karen and her business […]
Nov 12, 2025
Bird flu outbreak confirmed near Northern Ireland border
BBC A new outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in the Republic of Ireland, close to the border with Northern Ireland. The Republic’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD, says the further outbreak of avian influenza has been found in a commercial turkey flock near Clontibret, County Monaghan. Clontibret is […]
Nov 12, 2025
How we’re tracking avian flu’s toll on wildlife across North America
The Conversation Since first being detected in Newfoundland in 2021, a subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI A(H5Nx), has had a dramatic impact on North America. The poultry industry has suffered the most, with almost 15 million birds dying or being culled to control the virus in Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada recently dismissed a British Columbia […]
Nov 12, 2025
Intranasal Vaccine Shows Promise Against Bird Flu in Early Trial
MedPageToday The vaccine appeared to prompt responses to a range of H5N1 clades. An intranasal adjuvanted recombinant influenza vaccine appeared to safely prompt a robust response to a range of H5N1 clades, according to a phase I trial. Immune responses among the three groups that received one of three doses of the adjuvanted clade 2.1 […]
Nov 12, 2025
Whooping cough cases skyrocket in Texas, quadrupling last year’s numbers
ABC News Texas is currently seeing four times the number of whooping cough cases compared to the same time last year, the state’s health department said in a health alert. The state has reported more than 3,500 cases this year. This is the second year that Texas has experienced high increases in whooping cough cases. Nationally, […]
Nov 12, 2025