You should use NHS 111 online (111.nhs.uk) or call NHS 111 if you experience any symptoms of bird flu and have visited an area affected by bird flu in the past 10 days.

Bird-to-human transmission of avian influenza is rare and has only occurred a handful of times before in the UK. Symptoms of the virus mirror those of regular flu and Covid. It doesn't spread ...

A bird flu strain has the "potential to become a pandemic", a UK health boss has warned. Richard Pebody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said ...

A PERSON in the West Midlands has contracted bird flu, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. The case is only one of seven seen in the UK since 2021 and the risk to the wider public is &#… ...

Human-to-human transmission of bird flu has never been documented in Europe or the UK, though has occasionally happened abroad. Bird flu is spread by close contact with an infected bird (dead or ...

Bird flu: the UK vs US. According to Professor Ed Hutchinson, Senior Lecturer at MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (MRC CVR), “this is the UK experience of a global outbreak of ...

Bird flu has an almost 100 per cent fatality rate in birds and can infect humans in close contact with birds either dead or alive. However, the risk to health in people is significantly lower.

Another strain of bird flu confirmed in UK - as mass cull ordered. All birds at the St Ives premises will now be humanely culled, with a 3km protection zone and 10km protection zone put in place.

The H5N1 bird flu has spilled over to a sheep for the first time, infecting a domesticated ruminant in the United Kingdom much like it did US dairy cows, according to UK officials.

The circulating strain of bird flu has the "potential to become a pandemic", a health official has warned. Richard Pebody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at the UK Health Security ...