The Latest Breaking News from Avian flu

Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral infection of birds, commonly called “bird flu”, which has been recurring in Nigeria since 2006. It has resulted in the loss of millions of birds and income for people who rely on the poultry industry. Nigeria is currently grappling with another outbreak which…

Since October 2021 there have been more than 330 cases of avian influenza confirmed across the country

After a girl in Cambodia died from H5N1, the UK Health Security Agency is on alert but says human-to-human transmission is rare

The current outbreak has killed more than 200 million birds

The world's leading experts on influenza met this week to discuss the threat posed to humans by a strain of H5N1 avian flu that has caused record numbers of bird deaths around the world in recent months.

The mortality rate currently sits between 50% and 60%, according to the WHO and other sources.

We all feel the pain with each beep as the cashier scans our food items. People who buy eggs are cringing especially hard right now. As prices continue to climb—up 60% from last year—some even resort to smuggling them into the U.S. from Mexico. Experts attribute the high cost of…

Woman says call handler told her to bin dead birds because authorities ‘so busy’

While eggs' exorbitant prices have been well-documented, the reason why still seems a little murky