South Africa has reported outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry ...

South Africa is grappling with a resurgence of the H5N1 bird flu, following outbreaks on poultry farms in Tswaing and Mkhondo ...

Story at a glance Outbreaks of avian influenza have been reported among wild and domesticated birds since late 2021. A handful of cases in humans have been detected in the U.S. and U.K. The risk … ...

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in chicken and turkey flocks has spread across 24 U.S. states since it was first detected in Indiana on Feb. 8, 2022. Better known as bird ...

The U.S. is enduring its worst poultry health disaster, with some 52.7 million birds dead. Unlike another recent outbreaks, this one has lasted through the summer — and it's still going strong.

A highly contagious avian flu is infecting birds all over the globe. In the U.S., farmers have lost, or had to kill, over 58 million birds to try and prevent the spread of the virus.

The 2014 bird flu incursion gradually fizzled out, but that's not likely to happen this time, he says, because the 2022 incursion is quite different from the last outbreak. The viruses identified ...

One of the world’s largest outbreaks of bird flu, which led to the slaughter of millions of chickens to limit its spread, appears to be spilling over into mammals.. The U.S. Department of ...

The H5N1 avian flu virus has been causing outbreaks among poultry in the United States, with 48 states affected. The risk to the public remains low, according to the CDC.

An outbreak of the avian flu on California’s poultry ranches continues to climb with more than 1.5 million chickens and turkeys being depopulated as part of the state’s eradication effort.

Human cases of avian flu are still very rare, but when they do occur, they can be fatal. There have been reports of 889 cases and 463 influenza-related deaths from 23 different countries worldwide ...

A mink on a farm in Denmark in 2020. Last October, an outbreak of avian flu struck a large mink farm in Spain. Credit... Mads Claus Rasmussen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...