The Latest Breaking News from Avian flu

Harrowing stories from the frontline of the fight against bird flu reveal how thousands of dead birds have washed up on Scots shores.

An 11-year-old girl from Cambodia died last week after contracting avian flu strain H5N1

We all feel the pain with each beep as the cashier scans our food items. People who buy eggs are cringing especially hard right now. As prices continue to climb—up 60% from last year—some even resort to smuggling them into the U.S. from Mexico. Experts attribute the high cost of…

Woman says call handler told her to bin dead birds because authorities ‘so busy’

While eggs' exorbitant prices have been well-documented, the reason why still seems a little murky

Millions of birds have died from a new strain of avian flu sweeping the globe, and while it has not been detected in Australia yet, experts are worried the virus also has been found in mammals.

Avian flu has reached new corners of the globe and become endemic for the first time in some wild birds that transmit the virus to poultry, according to veterinarians and disease experts, who warn it is now a year-round problem.

Avian flu H5N1 is spreading from birds to mammals. Human risk is low, but don't relax just yet

Experts warn of ‘step-change’ in avian flu spread as number of cases in mammals continues to grow globally