A two-year-old girl from Andhra Pradesh's Palnadu district died from H5N1 avian influenza after her parents made her eat a piece of raw chicken. According to health authorities, the toddler’s death is ...

Since 1959 the avian flu virus H5N1 has been popping up around the globe. Now scientists believe it could spark the next pandemic. Along the untamed coast of southern Victoria, where thyme rice ...

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ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota was on track to declare itself free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI, also known as H5N1) on Friday, but state officials cautioned on Wednesday that is not ...

In the US, where H5N1 has swept through the country’s dairy cattle, more than 70 people have been infected since January 2024. One patient, a Louisiana man in his 60s, died of the disease.

Prince Edward Islanders are being reminded to keep their distance from sick, dying or dead wildlife as avian influenza — commonly known as bird flu or H5N1 — continues to circulate on the Island.

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 ...

STEARNS COUNTY, Minn. (KTTC) – The spread of H5N1 continues impacting dairy cattle across the country. At the start of the month, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture starting testing raw cow’s ...

The H5N1 virus was detected in a single sheep in Yorkshire, England, during routine testing conducted on a site where avian influenza had previously been identified in birds. No other sheep in the ...

The UK's Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed a case of influenza of avian origin (H5N1) in a single sheep in Yorkshire following repeat positive milk testing. The case was identified following ...