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Experts warn of ‘step-change’ in avian flu spread as number of cases in mammals continues to grow globally

'We cannot assume' the risk will remain low, 'we must prepare'

World Health Organization warns of need to closely monitor cases of disease.

Following an outbreak as St Margaret's Loch within Holyrood Park, a warning has now been issued to those in the Blackford area. Dog-walkers in particular have been urged to approach with caution

LOS ANGELES — With egg prices spiking in California, Border Patrol agents have noticed a rise in the number of people trying to bring eggs across the border from Mexico, which is illegal.

Four grey and harbour seals found dead in Aberdeenshire, Highlands, Fife and Orkney have been confimed this week as having avian flu.

Perhaps we can blame COVID fatigue for numbing us to the risks of other viruses. But it should be bigger news that a bird flu has mutated to spread through mammals and is ominously appearing among wild and domesticated animals around the globe. In the past, the inability to spread…

WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged world leaders to be vigilant and monitor bird flu cases in mammals after the disease was found to have spread to otters

The recent spread to mammals of H5N1 influenza - commonly known as bird flu - needs to be monitored, but the risk to humans remains low, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. H5N1 has spread among poultry and wild birds for 25 years, Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters…

Since H5N1 was identified in 1996, only rarely have human cases occurred, and there hasn't been sustained transmission among humans, the WHO's director said. But "we cannot assume that will remain the case."

Bird flu is a mass killer, and mink farms are perfect for infection and transmission. They are a grave threat and must be banned, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot