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The Latest Breaking News from Bird Flu

Bird flu mutations spark concern

A recent study describing how H5N1 is evolving to be more contagious in mammals is putting scientists on edge

Salon

Australia isn't ready for ravages of bird flu: warning

Australia's environment ministers are accused of being missing in action and doing little to get ready for the impacts of bird flu on native wildlife.

AAP

'Emergency situation': Hunter egg sector cagey on shortages due to bird flu

'There's no record of it being transmitted from human to human.'

Newcastle Herald

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4th person catches bird flu from cows, this time in Colorado

A fourth person in the U.S. has caught bird flu after working with infected cows on a farm.

LiveScience

Afternoon Update: Labour wins UK election in landslide; Usman Khawaja accuses Dutton of ‘fuelling Islamophobia’; and bird flu in Canberra

Labour win UK vote in electoral landslide, but plenty of ins and outs to watch

The Guardian - AU

Egg shortage: why the avian influenza outbreak has left shoppers and farmers shell-shocked

The financial impact on egg farmers, who are still paying off costs for the last high pathogenicity bird flu outbreak in 2021, could be severe

The Guardian - AU

Backyard chickens in latest Canberra bird flu detection

Chickens in the backyard of a Canberra home are the latest to test positive to a strain of bird flu that has sparked mass culls and egg shortages.

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Backyard chickens in Canberra test positive for bird flu

It is the second confirmed case of bird flu in the ACT.

The Canberra Times

US reports fourth case of bird flu in humans

Colorado dairy worker recovers as officials work toward vaccines and offer farmers financial aid

The Guardian - US

McDonald’s cuts breakfast hours in Australia as bird flu hits egg supply

Fast food giant says it will stop taking breakfast orders from 10:30am instead of midday due to egg supply crunch.

Al Jazeera

Fourth US H5 Bird Flu Case Linked To Dairy Outbreak

Fourth human case of H5 bird flu in the US linked to dairy cattle outbreak. Precautions advised for those in contact with infected animals.

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Colorado dairy worker tests positive for bird flu, fourth person linked to outbreak

A fourth dairy worker in the U.S. has been infected with bird flu

The Independent UK

Bird flu vaccines in development

As part of the Biden admin's pandemic preparedness strategy, Moderna will develop an mRNA vaccine for H5N1

Salon

Bird flu egg limits makes hash out of Macca's breakfast

Egg shortages caused by bird flu have forced McDonald's to shorten its breakfast hours while the Melbourne Royal Show cancelled its poultry competition.

AAP

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The Independent UK

Research gives more reassurance that milk pasteurization kills bird flu, officials say

U.S. officials say a new study provides reassurance that pasteurization kills bird flu virus in cow’s milk

The Guardian - US

Michigan leading US on monitoring and studying bird flu outbreak

Daily text messages and phone calls check on farm workers who work with cows that have tested positive for H5N1

The Canberra Times

Pace Farms confirms ACT's Parkwood farm site of bird flu outbreak

The company confirmed it was managing an outbreak on Friday.

LiveScience

H5N1 bird flu can remain infectious in raw milk for at least an hour, study finds

Scientists found that contaminated milking equipment can harbor the H5N1 virus for more than an hour, increasing the risk of dairy farmers getting infected.

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AAP

Outbreak spreads with bird flu confirmed at 11th farm

A Canberra facility is the 11th property nationally that has been affected by a bird flu outbreak, as Woolworths imposes egg limits on some customers.

The Canberra Times

Chickens set to be euthanised after bird flu confirmed at ACT property

The disease has been linked to an outbreak in NSW.

The Guardian - AU

Shorten says NDIS ‘too important for political games’ after bill blocked – as it happened

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US Health Agencies Conducting New Tests On Dairy Workers

US health agencies are testing dairy workers and milk products for H5N1 bird flu impact, focusing on virus transmission through raw milk and pasteurization...

AAP

Potential Canberra bird flu case linked to NSW outbreak

A Canberra egg farm has been locked down while the ACT government investigates a suspected case of the bird flu virus believed to be linked to a NSW outbreak.

The Canberra Times

Suspected bird flu case in Canberra under investigation

Authorities investigating a possible case in the ACT.

AAP

Bird flu detected at eighth Victorian farm

Another Victorian farm has been confirmed to have bird flu, the eighth in the state, with the chickens at the property doomed to be euthanised.

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