The Latest Breaking News from Bird Flu

The disease has been linked to an outbreak in NSW.

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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