Bird flu has infected a sheep in Britain in what the government on Monday described as the first case of its kind reported anywhere in the world. While avian influenza had already been detected in cattle and other mammals, including in the United States, the infection of a sheep will increase concern over the potential
Steve Jones BBC News, Yorkshire Getty Images The case was found in a single sheep on a farm in Yorkshire (stock image) The world’s first case of bird flu in sheep has been found in the UK, the nation’s chief veterinary officer has confirmed. The exact location of the farm has not been revealed, but
By EMMA NELSON FOR MAILONLINE Published: 05:12 EDT, 24 March 2025 | Updated: 05:32 EDT, 24 March 2025 The Government has issued a stark warning after deadly bird flu was detected in a UK sheep for the first time. The case was identified in Yorkshire during routine surveillance on a premises where avian influenza had been confirmed
A new bird flu outbreak has been confirmed as the virus continues to spread across the U.S. The deadly H7N9 strain was detected on a poultry farm in Noxubee, Mississippi, last week, for the first time since 2017. The infection of 47,654 commercial broiler-breeder chickens was confirmed on March 13 by the World Organization for
A new strain of a highly pathogenic bird flu known as H7N9 has surfaced at a poultry farm in Mississippi where chickens are raised for breeding. The finding of the new strain came as researchers separately reported a potentially positive development: Exposure to human seasonal flu may confer some immunity to H5N1 bird flu. The
The total human cases from bird flu is still low but if the virus mutates in certain ways, scientists fear pandemic. They’re studying how immunity from seasonal flu might protect us. MATTHEW HATCHER/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption MATTHEW HATCHER/AFP/Getty Images Bird flu has ripped through the animal kingdom for the past few years now,
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, has an unorthodox idea for tackling the bird flu bedeviling U.S. poultry farms. Let the virus rip. Instead of culling birds when the infection is discovered, farmers “should consider maybe the possibility of letting it run through the flock so that we can identify the birds,
Cat owners have been alerted to a potential health threat. Savage Pet of El Cajon, California, is recalling 66 large chicken boxes (84 oz.) and 74 small chicken boxes (21 oz.) with the lot code/”best by” date of 11.15.2026, as these products have “the potential to contain H5N1, also known as bird flu,” according to
Ten-year-old Minka Aisha Greene was a vivacious, healthy elementary school student who rarely, if ever, got sick. So when her mother Kymesha noticed her appetite plummet and lack of interest in playing with friends, she knew something was seriously wrong.  Earlier this month, Minka went to the hospital on two separate occasions, when doctors told her
Scientists are sounding alarms about a genetic mutation that was recently identified in four dairy cow herds, nearly one year after H5N1 bird flu was first reported in Texas dairy cattle. The change is one that researchers have dreaded finding because it is associated with increased mammal-to-mammal transmission and disease severity. “That is the mutation