A Washington man has tested positive for the first human case of the H5N5 bird flu strain, previously found in animals only.

Type A viruses are the most significant for human and animal health, and they are all descended from avian viruses. The flu A ...

Control zones have been put in place around a commercial poultry farm in South Lanarkshire following an outbreak of bird flu. The highly contagious H5N1 strain was confirmed at Whitelees Farm in ...

Bird flu has been detected in swans at five locations in Northern Ireland. The discoveries in Belfast, Newtownards, Armagh, ...

Brazil's chicken meat production will reach a record-high 15.86 million metric tons in 2026, Brazilian crop agency Conab forecast on Wednesday, a year after its bird flu outbreak, reported Reuters .

Brazil is on track to achieve a record-high chicken meat production of 15.86 million metric tons by 2026, despite challenges posed by a bird flu outbreak. The country's poultry industry remains ...

Avian influenza virus cases tend to rise during the colder months, as is the case with human influenza. However, since 2020, ...

In Ghana, two stampedes kill six people and injure dozens Two military recruitment exercises in Kumasi and Accra led to separate stampedes that killed at least six people and wounded dozens on ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China lifted a ban linked to Brazil's avian influenza outbreak, the country's General Administration of Customs said in a notice released on Friday. China issued a countrywide ...

African swine fever has returned to Spain for the first time in three decades after two wild boar found dead near Barcelona tested positive for the virus.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed at a premises near Lanark, South Lanarkshire, on 12 November 2025. In response, a 3km Protection Zone and a 10km Surveillance Zone have been ...