A migratory seabird found near a coastal town returned a positive result for the virus. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

H5N1 has already killed seals and penguins across remote Antarctic islands, and a new study reveals the virus has now crossed ...

Scientists have now traced why the H5N1 bird flu virus that jumped into U.S. dairy herds keeps turning up in cows’ udders and ...

Australia was previously the only continent where the H5N1 bird flu strain had not yet been found.

Australian authorities have confirmed the first case of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in New South Wales after an ...

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in seabirds in two Australian states. But don't be fooled by the name: This ...

Two cases of the deadly H5N1 bird flu have been detected on Australia’s mainland, sparking fears it could decimate the ...

Researchers uncovered why H5N1 bird flu attacks cows’ udders instead of their lungs: the virus’s preferred receptors are concentrated in mammary tissue. The breakthrough could help scientists predict ...

By Samuel McKeith SYDNEY, June 20 (Reuters) - Australia will do all it can to curb any spread of H5N1 bird flu, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday, as the first mainland infection was ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. In 2024, as zoos were hit hard by H5N1 bird flu, big cats were particularly affected: tigers, lions, a cheetah, and a panther all died after being ...

On a remote beach near Esperance, Western Australia, two sick seabirds have brought the bird flu crisis to Australia. Testing has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in a brown ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...