Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists3h
The bird flu outlook has only gotten worse
It’s clear there’s no reason for optimism that H5N1 will fade away as a minor nuisance. To the contrary, the situation has only been trending worse.
One state’s flawed, desperate new plan to fix its egg shortage
Nevada is suspending its cage-free standards to free up the egg supply. Experts say it won’t help much.
Possible evidence of windborne H5N1 viral infections in chickens
A team of government veterinarians with the State Veterinary Institute Prague in the Czech Republic has found possible evidence of windborne H5N1 infections in chickens. In their paper posted on the ...
Ottawa purchases 500,000 doses of bird flu vaccine for people at higher risk of catching virus
The majority of the doses will be handed out to provinces and territories, which will decide when and where to deploy the ...
Is there a bird flu vaccine? Experts discuss progress amid ‘alarming' outbreak
Since 2021, experts have seen bird flu — also called H5 influenza or highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — spreading ...
Antarctic expedition confirms the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the Weddell Sea
The CSIC-UNESPA scientific expedition has been underway since last January with the aim of monitoring the presence of the ...
The Pantagraph2d
Illinois health officials taking bird flu precautions despite assessing no ‘active risk’ to humans
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the risk of an outbreak of the bird flu in humans is low, but ...
The Daily Northwestern2d
NU infectious disease experts say there is low risk of contracting bird flu, more surveillance is needed
There have been 68 human cases of bird flu — flu strain H5N1 — in the U.S. since the beginning of 2024, mostly arising from ...
EurekAlert!2d
The CSIC-UNESPA expedition confirms the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the Weddell Sea
The CSIC-UNESPA scientific expedition has been underway since last January with the aim of monitoring the presence of the ...
U.S. bird flu hospitalizations rise to 4 after Ohio discloses case
Ohio's health department confirmed Saturday that a farmer in the state was discharged from the hospital after being sickened ...
الشرق الأوسط5d
Was the Emergence of Intelligent Life on Earth Just a Fluke? Some Scientists Think Not
Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...