The Latest Breaking News from Bird Flu

As heatwaves hit the US, farm workers struggle to wear PPE. The country now faces its biggest human outbreak

Agriculture ministers have agreed to hold a national planning drill to make sure Australia is ready for the possible arrival of the deadly H5 bird flu strain.

Since May, a number of poultry farms around Australia have faced outbreaks of avian influenza, or bird flu. These outbreaks have been devastating for the poultry farms affected, necessitating large-scale culls, and have caused knock-on effects for the country’s egg supplies.

No evidence of human-to-human transmission has been documented, the CDC says.

An estimated five more bird flu cases have been reported in Colorado — this time from exposure to infected poultry

Colorado’s governor has declared a disaster emergency in response to the first cluster of human H5N1 infection on a single U.S. farm.

Four new cases of bird flu have been confirmed among poultry workers in Colorado, bringing the total number of cases in the U.S. to nine since the current outbreak was first detected in 2022.

Four poultry workers in Colorado have been diagnosed with bird flu

Three different strains of bird flu are now circulating in Australia and scientists can not rule out more, with spill over from ducks and geese suspected.

Experts debate the merits of vaccinating farmworkers to prevent an H5N1 pandemic

1.78 million chickens will be killed after Gov. Jared Polis declares emergency