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Dairy worker bird flu case shows need for protective gear

The Texas dairy farm worker infected with H5N1 bird flu was not wearing respiratory or eye protection and had been exposed to cattle that...

Dairy workers are at risk from bird flu

U.S. health officials on Friday warned that dairy workers remain at risk from the H5N1 bird flu virus that is infecting dairy herds, and...

Bird flu likely circulated in cows for four months

Bird flu likely circulated in US dairy cows on a limited basis for about four months before federal officials confirmed the disease that...

Bird flu: US tests show pasteurized milk is safe

Additional tests of milk showed that pasteurization killed the bird flu virus, federal health officials said on Friday, as Colorado became the ninth U.S....

1 in 5 commercial milk samples test positive for bird flu: US FDA

About one in five samples of commercial milk in the US tested positive for traces of bird flu in a national survey, with a...

Cow-to-cow transmission a factor in bird flu spread

The US Department of Agriculture said this week that cow-to-cow transmission is a factor in the spread of bird flu in dairy herds,...

Bird flu dairy cow outbreak widens in US

Bird flu has infected a dairy herd in Ohio for the first time and was detected in additional herds in Kansas and New...

Scientists warn of bird flu spread as penguin cases confirmed

SANTIAGO: Scientists in Antarctica are warning of the spread of deadly H5N1 avian flu virus after the disease was first confirmed on the frozen...

Bird flu strain kills South American wildlife

The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread more aggressively than ever before in wild birds and marine mammals since arriving in South America...

France detects bird flu on vaccinated ducks farm

PARIS: France has detected bird flu on a duck farm in the Vendee region in the west of the country, the farm ministry said...

Japan to cull 40,000 birds after bird flu case

Japan detected the first case of highly pathogenic H5-type bird flu this season at a poultry farm in the south of the country, public...

Croatia reports bird flu outbreak on poultry farm

Croatia has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus on a poultry farm, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)...

Bird flu detected in Antarctica region for first time

Bird flu has been detected in the Antarctica region for the first time, according to British experts, raising concerns the deadly virus could pose...

Mexico reports H5N1 bird flu in wild duck

Mexican animal safety authorities confirmed the first case of H5N1 avian influenza in a wild bird on Wednesday, after declaring the country's poultry farms...

France to vaccinate millions of ducks against bird flu

PARIS: France on Monday began Europe's only vaccination campaign against bird flu in ducks, hoping to avoid mass culls of millions of birds that...

Plan to vaccinate ducks for bird flu triggers US trade restrictions

The US government said on Friday that a decision by France to vaccinate ducks against bird flu will trigger restrictions on imports of French...

Bird flu kills 400 seals, sea lions in Uruguay

An estimated 400 seals and sea lions have turned up dead on the coast of Uruguay in recent weeks, blamed by authorities on bird...

China records world’s first human death from H3N8 bird flu

A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health...

First case of bird flu detected in a human

Chile detected the first case of bird flu in a human, the country's health ministry reported on Wednesday. The bird flu case was detected in...

Experts gather with bird flu on the agenda

The world's leading experts on influenza met this week to discuss the threat posed to humans by a strain of H5N1 avian flu (bird...

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