Category: Avian Influenza
H5N1 bird flu cases spike in Europe. How worried should we be?
The Conversation On November 13, Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food imposed the confinement of all free-range poultry farms to curb the spread of avian influenza – more commonly known as “bird flu” – caused by the H5N1 virus. This drastic, though not unprecedented, measure was justified by climbing numbers of outbreaks in Europe, as well […]
Nov 19, 2025
Bird Flu Wiped Out Nearly Half of the Females in the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Drone Images Suggest
Smithsonian Magazine Scientists recorded a 47 percent drop in breeding females in South Georgia’s three largest elephant seal colonies after bird flu hit. Scaled to the whole island, that’s a potential loss of more than 50,000 of the animals. In 2023, bird flu reached a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Now, South Georgia—home to […]
Nov 19, 2025
H5N5 Avian influenza confirmed in Grays Harbor County resident
Washington DoH A Grays Harbor resident who was hospitalized with influenza symptoms in early November has been confirmed to have influenza A H5, a type of avian influenza. Additional testing shows the virus to be H5N5, an avian influenza virus that has previously been reported in animals but never before in humans. The Centers for […]
Nov 19, 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