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The food safety agency analysed all the possible ways the US bird flu strain could make its way into Europe.View on euronews ...
H5N1 bird flu is capable of spreading through the air, a new animal study from the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has found. H5N1 was believed to spread primarily through direct contact with ...
The H5N1 avian influenza virus has infected birds and mammals around the world. As of June 2025, 70 people have been infected, and one person has died in the United States. A new analysis suggests ...
Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...
A single mutation in the H5N1 strain of avian influenza that is infecting cattle in the US could make it more likely to infect humans, according to a new scientific paper. The worrying finding has ...
A recent study found that live bird flu virus (H5N1) can survive in raw milk for over a week when refrigerated, and more than 24 hours at room temperature.
BIRD flu has been detected in an English farm, it’s been announced. A case of the H5N1 bird flu was found in poultry in West Yorkshire. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs … ...
H5N1 has been confirmed in dairy cattle in nine states, has been found in milk and has prompted the slaughter of millions of chickens and turkeys. But finding it in beef is a new development for ...
More Funding Going to Tackle HPAI H5N1, Egg Imports are Now Underway to Stabilize Supply USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says the agency is hyper-focused on poultry, but no vaccine is yet available ...
The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu.
The simplicity of Merck's monoclonal antibody for RSV in infants could be a plus in its competition with AstraZeneca's existing treatment.
H5N1 virus also poses a threat to human health due to the risk of triggering a new pandemic. Human-to-human transmission, however, has not yet been reported, but its risk is increasing daily.