Two new H5N1 outbreaks confirmed in North West and Mpumalanga provinces. • Government plans first-ever mass poultry vaccination campaign underway. • Past 2023 epidemic led to culling of 10.5 million ...

Over the last three weeks there have been a number of cases of groups of dead wild sea birds washing up on shorelines in ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza HPAI (H5N1), commonly referred to as bird flu, is currently circulating in wild birds, ...

Avian Influenza, commonly known as bird flu, is a notifiable animal disease and is a highly contagious viral disease ...

South African authorities have confirmed new outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain on two poultry ...

A strain of bird flu that has jumped from animals to people in the United States could find its way to Europe, EU scientists ...

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

Background: Accurate estimation of the case-fatality (CF) rate, or the proportion of cases that die, is central to pandemic planning. While estimates of CF rates for past influenza pandemics have ...

Great Britain is the only country in the region to have recorded new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in ...

South Africa is grappling with a resurgence of the H5N1 bird flu, following outbreaks on poultry farms in Tswaing and Mkhondo ...