Government extends mandatory bird housing measures in northern England to control avian influenza outbreaks, impacting multiple regions.

LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in northern England, the first known case of its kind in the world, Britain's government said, adding to the growing list of mammals ...

Livestock farmers are being urged to remain vigilant to any signs of bird flu following recent outbreaks. The UK's chief veterinary officer, Christine Middlemiss, said: "We have confirmed the ...

The H5N1 strain of bird flu has the "potential to become a pandemic", according to an expert at the UK Health Security Agency. Richard Pebody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at UKHSA ...

Further measures to control the outbreak of bird flu are to be introduced. From Monday, keepers in Cumbria, County Durham, Northumberland and Tyneside must keep their birds inside and continue to ...

A housing order for poultry and kept birds has been extended for the North of England from Monday (7 April) to help prevent ...

Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in England for the first time, the government has confirmed. Article continues below The case of the H5N1 virus was found on a farm in Yorkshire where bird ...

A child in Tay Ninh is being treated in Ho Chi Minh City after H5N1 invaded her nervous system, bypassing typical respiratory symptoms.

Transmission of bird flu to humans is relatively rare, although one case was reported in January in England’s West Midlands in a person who was said to have been in proximity to sick birds on a ...

THE King’s Swan Marker has described avian influenza as becoming “more of a problem than it has ever been”. David Barber ...

“However, current evidence suggests that the avian influenza viruses we’re seeing circulating around the world do not spread easily to people – and the risk of avian flu to the general publi ...