The Latest Breaking News from Bird Flu

Authorities investigating a possible case in the ACT.

Another Victorian farm has been confirmed to have bird flu, the eighth in the state, with the chickens at the property doomed to be euthanised.

The U.S. stock is inadequate for a H5N1 pandemic. It’s time to ramp up solutions.

More than a million chickens are due to be destroyed to fight a growing bird flu outbreak, posing risks to egg supply chains.

Testing failures are a key reason the U.S. fared so poorly with COVID. Are we repeating these mistakes with H5N1?

Food scientists and nutritionists explain why

Some 240,000 birds will be destroyed on a NSW egg farm to tackle the spread of bird flu in two states.

Despite an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows, the popularity of raw milk has only risen. Advocates claim raw milk has superior health benefits over pasteurized milk. There is little evidence to support these claims, however, and the risk of serious illness is much greater.

USDA report finds transmission likely happening when workers, cows, vehicles and equipment go to multiple farms

Whether H5N1 unleashes another pandemic is dependent on if we try to stop its spread now

Avian influenza virus identified as H7N8 strain – different from outbreaks of H7N3 and H7N9 first detected in Victoria a month ago