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Avian flu is decimating wild birds – but could it become a global pandemic?

It is threatening rare species, and causing havoc for chicken farmers. Now a strain of bird flu has spread to mammals. Could it be a danger to humans?

The Guardian - UK

Chickens kept in gardens will have to be registered under planned new rules

Changes in England, Wales and Scotland will also apply to pigeons and birds of prey in bid to tackle bird flu

The Guardian - UK

Bird flu in French foxes a new concern

PARIS: France has reported an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu among red foxes northeast of Paris, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Tuesday, as the spread of the virus to mammals raised global concerns.

Bangkok Post

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Bird flu tears through animal kingdom

Experts are on pins and needles over an avian virus called H5N1 that has killed 53% of the humans it infected

Salon

David Attenborough TV show producers feared presenter could catch bird flu and die during filming

Veteran broadcaster could have been in serious danger during the filming of ‘Wild Isles’

The Independent UK

Producers feared David Attenborough would catch bird flu and die during filming

Plans to film veteran broadcaster close to birds for Wild Isles series pulled over concerns about his health

The Guardian - UK

David Attenborough risked bird flu for first sight of rare chicks in Wild Isles series

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Sir David Attenborough's new series Wild Isles aims to give the wildlife of Britain 'the Africa treatment' and contains an astonishing sequence using infra-red technology

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Moderna eyes testing of mpox, bird flu vaccines in humans this year: 'They're really for public health'

A shot against mpox would be valuable in case outbreaks reemerge, and the company sees bird flu as a “clear threat,” the company's president said.

Fortune

East Lothian Bass Rock featured in new BBC documentary exploring bird flu epidemic

The East Lothian gannet colony has suffered immensely at the hands of avian flu in recent months as images taken in summer 2022 show it almost unrecognisable compared to recent years

Edinburgh Live

Shocking impact of avian flu on Scotland's bird populations revealed in TV doc

Harrowing stories from the frontline of the fight against bird flu reveal how thousands of dead birds have washed up on Scots shores.

Daily Record

Scientists warn 'utmost caution' needed as H5N1 bird flu mutates to infect people and young girl dies

The medical science community is now on high alert, with health authorities in the UK modelling scenarios for a bird flu pandemic in response to the threat

Irish Mirror

H5N1 bird flu strain that killed girl in Cambodia mutated to infect people, scientists warn

The medical science community is on high alert as health authorities across the world prepare for a pandemic

Wales Online

Bird flu has mutated to infect people say scientists after 11-year-old girl dies

A scientist has warned that a new strain of bird flu which appears to have evolved to infect humans must be treated with 'utmost importance' after an 11-year-old girl died from the virus

Daily Mirror

Cambodia says recent bird flu cases not spread by humans

Health officials in Cambodia say recent cases of bird flu discovered in two villagers, one of them fatal, show no sign of human-to-human transmission

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Salon

Bird flu outbreak spills over to farms

Wild birds like pelicans and ducks are dying from a new strain of avian influenza that has spread to farm animals

The Denver Post

'This is unprecedented': Avian flu has killed 12,000 birds in Colorado

The highly pathogenic avian influenza — or bird flu — sweeping across the globe has killed more than 12,000 wild birds in Colorado and the virus is jumping into mammal populations as well, state wildlife officials say.

Bangkok Post

Cambodia: No human-to-human bird flu transmission found

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian health authorities have said there was no human-to-human transmission of bird flu in the case of a father and daughter who caught the virus.

Daily Record

Five ways to protect seabirds in Scotland this year amid bird flu epidemic

The National Trust for Scotland has highlighted five steps Scots can take to support iconic wildlife like our puffins and gannets.

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The Conversation

When should we worry about bird flu making us sick? When we see human-to-human transmission – and there's no evidence of that yet

Bird flu has been causing growing concern in recent months, with hundreds of millions of birds dying of the virus since October 2021. This is the largest global outbreak.

Tribune News Service

Adam Minter: Want to control bird flu? Vaccinate the chickens!

An especially virulent strain of bird flu has killed off more than 58 million birds in the U.S. since January 2022. That’s not the toll from disease. It’s mostly the result of whole flocks of poultry slaughtered by American farmers to prevent the virus from spreading after even one infected…

The Independent UK

Bird flu: Lateral flow tests could return to UK in outbreaks fear

An 11-year-old girl from Cambodia died last week after contracting avian flu strain H5N1

Reuters

Viruses in Cambodian bird flu cases identified as endemic clade

The viruses that infected two people in Cambodia with H5N1 avian influenza have been identified as an endemic clade of bird flu circulating in the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.

Bangkok Post

DDC issues bird flu alert after death in Cambodia

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has put out an alert about a bird flu outbreak after reports of a death in Cambodia.

The Independent UK

Bird flu: How the UK health authorities are working to prevent a pandemic

Scientists investigating despite low chance of spread among humans

The Conversation

What is spillover? Bird flu outbreak underscores need for early detection to prevent the next big pandemic

The current epidemic of avian influenza has killed over 58 million birds in the U.S. as of February 2023. Following on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, large outbreaks of viruses like bird flu raise the specter of another disease jumping from animals into humans. This process is called spillover.

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