bird flu
Lethal bird flu strikes farm in Delaware
The US Department of Agriculture reported a highly lethal form of bird flu in a commercial poultry flock in Delaware on Wednesday, expanding an outbreak that has limited exports of...
'Highly pathogenic' bird flu found in backyard Long Island flock
The influenza was confirmed among the flock in Suffolk County through samples tested at Cornell University Animal Health Diagnostic Center, the United States Department of Agriculture said.
Chicken and turkey farms on high alert over bird flu
Farms that raise turkeys and chickens for meat and eggs are on high alert and taking steps to increase biosecurity, fearing a repeat of a widespread bird flu outbreak in...
Chicken producers warn about fast-spreading bird flu spreading across US
US poultry producers are tightening safety measures for their flocks as disease experts warn that wild birds are likely spreading a highly lethal form of avian flu across the country....
Bird flu outbreak in Israel kills 5,000 cranes
More than 5,000 cranes have been killed by a massive avian flu outbreak in Israel that authorities warn is the "worst blow" to wildlife in the country's history. The dead...
Bird flu spreads in Europe and Asia
China has reported 21 human infections with the H5N6 subtype of avian influenza so far this year, more than in the whole of 2020.
China sees uptick in bird flu cases as experts fear more infectious strain
An uptick in bird flu cases in China this year is alarming virologists who say a more infectious strain of the potentially deadly virus could be spreading. There have been 21...
Man, 55, in China infected with bird flu, hospitalized: report
A man in China has been hospitalized with the H5N6 strain of the bird flu, one of several potentially deadly viruses that have been discovered in poultry flocks over the...
A new virus has emerged from China as it confirms first human case
The 41-year-old man, a resident of the eastern city of Zhenjiang, was hospitalized April 28 after developing a fever and other symptoms, the National Health Commission said.
Man busted smuggling dozens of live birds in hair curlers at JFK airport
This birdbrain failed to fly under the radar.
Russian farmworkers first humans to contract new form of bird flu
Seven workers at a poultry farm in southern Russia were the first humans to catch the H5N8 strain of avian influenza in humans. Russia told the World Health Organization that...
France to kill 600,000 poultry in effort to contain bird flu
France plans to slaughter 600,000 birds in an effort to prevent the spread of the avian influenza infecting duck flocks in part of the country, health officials said Tuesday. Nearly...
Bird flu spreads to 10th Japanese prefecture
TOKYO - Japan’s worst bird flu outbreak on record spread to new farms and now affects more than 20 percent of the country’s 47 prefectures, with officials ordering cullings after...
Scientists warn apocalyptic bird flu that makes coronavirus look like a sniffle
The coronavirus has killed over 365,000 people worldwide in just five months — but that’s nothing compared to what could be coming if humans don’t clean up their act when...
China reports bird flu outbreak near epicenter of coronavirus
China has detected an outbreak of the bird flu near the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus, according to a report. The bird flu outbreak was reported Saturday in Hunan, which...
Swine, bird flu outbreaks slam South, North Korea ahead of Olympics
Super flu outbreaks are ravaging the Korean Peninsula less than two weeks before the Winter Olympics -- leaving North Korea scrambling to treat more than 81,000 people infected with swine...
France slaughtering 600,000 ducks due to bird flu
PARIS — France's agriculture ministry has ordered all remaining 600,000 ducks in a key poultry-producing region slaughtered to try to stem a growing outbreak of bird flu. A previous cull...
Quarantined cats find homes after beating bird flu
It’s the purr-fect ending to a cat-astrophic tale. The first batch of cats quarantined by the city amid a rare bird flu outbreak have finally found a place to call...
City releasing quarantined cats as bird flu epidemic subsides
The first of hundreds of cats quarantined by the city amid a bird flu outbreak were sprung from their cages on Saturday, sources told The Post. An undisclosed number of...
Tiny kitty named Alfred is patient zero in bird-flu outbreak
The bird-flu epidemic that has affected animal shelters citywide all began with a little tabby named Alfred. The kitten was adopted from a Bronx shelter in late October and showed...