The Latest Breaking News from Influenza

The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic was caused by a particularly virulent strain of influenza virus. It infected 500 million people, caused around 50 million deaths, and its impact was so severe that global life expectancy fell dramatically. It claimed more lives than the First World War.

Second human case of H5N1 bird flu caught on farm in West Midlands but risk to public remains very low, says UKHSA

Protect backyard birds by stopping the spread of avian influenza

Georgia's first Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza case prompts industry impact and containment measures.

Unusually late migration season means poultry operations may continue to see H5N1 outbreaks, officials say

After a relatively quiet fall, there’s been another spike in cases of bird flu in Michigan.

The recent outbreak of avian influenza is to blame for the shortage of eggs which experts say may not be resolved for months.

About two thirds of those at-risk for influenza are yet to be vaccinated this winter, according to Public Health Scotland.

In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled “A single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors”. Some media outlets somewhat exaggeratedly took this to mean that we are one mutation away from bird flu “becoming the next…