South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, on two poultry ...

THE PUBLIC HAS been urged to steer clear of sick or dead wild birds and to do the same with pets. The Department of Agriculture has warned that a “highly pathogenic” strain of bird flu - Avian ...

If we don’t invest in technologies like mRNA vaccines for pandemic influenza now, once a virus starts going human-to-human, ...

Ventilation shutdown plus (VSD+) is an incredibly inhumane method of killing lots of animals at once by shutting off the air supply and driving up temperatures, causing organ failure and suffocation.

Groups of dead birds, a number of which were confirmed to be carrying the highly contagious avian flu, washed up on ...

The University of Minnesota is stepping up efforts to identify biological threats that could trigger an epidemic, launching ...

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

A long-lasting formulation of an antiviral drug greatly reduced people’s risk of a symptomatic flu infection in a trial, and ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), which first announced the move on Wednesday, said Kraft Heinz would be recalling about 367,812 pounds of vacuum-packed, ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus has infected birds and mammals around the world. As of June 2025, 70 people have been infected ...