The Latest Breaking News from Avian flu

Scientists confirm three birds have died from virus as park authorities redouble efforts to protect islands’ endemic birds

Of all the recently emerging and potentially pandemic viruses, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus H5N1 is one of the fiercest. First detected in Hong Kong in 1997, it spread to the rest of the world with a mortality rate of 60% when transmitted from birds to humans. The…

Avian flu is partly to blame for the low numbers of baby swans being spotted

Members of the public are urged not to approach birds they suspect could be infected. Instead, they must alert the authorities.

Holidaymakers heading to the coast have been warned to stay away from the bodies amid fears of an avian flu outbreak.

DEFRA has confirmed some of the birds died from Avian Flu

Discovery means targeted solutions can be directed to avian flu viruses sooner to prevent spillover into humans, say scientists

Experts in Mexico say that the warming Pacific ocean currents known as El Niño, not avian flu, were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of birds along Mexico's Pacific coast this year

A much more plausible explanation is the avian flu outbreak that devastated the poultry industry last year.