BHOPAL: High alert has been sounded on the Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border in the wake of a bird flu outbreak among wild ...

Each year, seasonal flu sickens about 1 billion people worldwide and causes approximately 290,000 to 650,000 respiratory ...

The most common way to detect bird flu involves swabbing potentially contaminated sites and sequencing the DNA that’s been ...

During the meeting, stakeholders discussed the implementation of an HPAI vaccine program in India. Currently, DAHD permits ...

Farmers in Georgia’s northeastern corner woke up on Jan. 15 to discover that birds in their flock of 45,000 chickens were ill and dying. Within 24 hours, the state’s veterinary laboratory ...

At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It's a sign that ...

At a time when Andhra Pradesh has logged the death of a 2-year-old due to H5N1 virus, after she reportedly consumed raw ...

The Government of India has ramped up its efforts to mitigate the impact of Avian Influenza on poultry and wildlife.

A key outcome of the meeting was the adoption of a comprehensive, three-pronged strategy aimed at preventing the further ...

WASHINGTON — Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first detected in North America in late 2021. But what has been ...

03/28/2025 March 28, 2025 The price of eggs is soaring in the US, driven in part by the highly contagious bird flu. Scientists fear it could cause a new pandemic in humans if it spreads. But ...

The H5N1 strain of bird flu has the "potential to become a pandemic", according to an expert at the UK Health Security Agency. Richard Pebody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at UKHSA ...