The active and ongoing global spread of avian influenza virus has impacted more than 14 million birds in Canada and 160 million in the U.S..

Avian influenza A viruses, particularly the H5N1 subtype, continue to grab headlines — raising concerns for the public who is likely leery of another pandemic. Yet many infectious disease ...

The infection was detected in a single sheep in Yorkshire after routine surveillance of livestock where avian ... virus too. Image: In 2024, dairy cows tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird ...

As avian influenza is found in a sheep in Yorkshire, the close contact humans have with domesticated animals is an extra worry because the virus has more opportunities to jump species again - but ...

The H7N9 strain of bird flu has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Noxubee, Mississippi, last week. Bloomberg via Getty Images The strain has reportedly killed 616 of the 1,568 people infected ...

March 24 (Reuters) - Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns that it may lead to human-to ...

Brits have been issued a warning as bird flu has been detected in sheep. The Government confirmed the shock finding and said influenza of avian origin (H5N1) was located on a farm in Yorkshire.

In a statement, Britain’s government said that avian origin flu (or H5N1) had been found in a ewe during what it called “routine surveillance” of livestock in Yorkshire in the north of ...

All affected birds and the infected sheep have been "humanely culled" to limit the spread of bird flu, also known as avian influenza. No other cases were detected in the remaining flock ...