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Bird Flu Resurfaces as Kerala Reports Multiple H5N1 Farm Outbreaks
05 Jan 2026 19:33 GMT
The latest cases reflect a wider global struggle to control avian influenza. Migratory birds are believed to play a significant role in spreading the virus across borders, making eradication difficult. Climate change, shifting migration patterns and …
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Japan Confirms Season’s 1st Bird Flu Outbreak In Greater Tokyo Area
30 Dec 2025 06:26 GMT
Tokyo: Japan’s agriculture ministry said on Tuesday that it has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm in Saitama Prefecture, marking the country’s 12th outbreak this season and the first case in the greater Tokyo area …
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Indian scientists predict how bird flu could spread to humans
18 Dec 2025 00:01 GMT
Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent
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More than two million turkeys have been culled in the US since late August due to avian flu
For years, scientists have warned that bird flu - better known as H5N1 - could one day make the dangerous leap from birds …
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The Health Wrap: from Antarctica to Tehran, and from bird flu to climate crises and health-promoting notes
05 Dec 2025 09:35 GMT
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In her latest explorations of diverse global health matters, Associate …
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Deadly bird flu strain 'mutating faster than ever' as health experts issue warning
01 Dec 2025 17:42 GMT
… surfacing about the lethal H5N1 bird flu, which researchers say is … Antarctica that had never documented bird flu previously.
Instead of a … in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Nepal.
It has since branched out … certain African and Asian areas means wild bird or poultry …
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Bird flu pandemic fears continue to rise as deadly strain is 'mutating faster than ever'
01 Dec 2025 17:00 GMT
Instead of one variant spreading worldwide, H5N1 has fractured into multiple genetically separate groups(Image: Getty Images)
Fresh fears are mounting over the lethal H5N1 bird flu, with scientists warning it's mutating at an unprecedented rate and …
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New pandemic fears as deadly bird flu strain is 'mutating faster than ever'
01 Dec 2025 13:33 GMT
It's mutating fast(Image: Getty Images)
New concerns are emerging over the deadly H5N1 bird flu, which scientists say is mutating faster than ever and entering an unpredictable new phase.
A global analysis uploaded to preprint biology server bioRxiV on …
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A Mutating Threat: Scientists Warn H5N1 Bird Flu Is Evolving Faster Than Ever
28 Nov 2025 10:31 GMT
Photo taken at a chicken farm in Siem Reap Province. Photo by Information Ministry
PHNOM PENH — The dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus has entered what scientists describe as a new, unpredictable stage, spreading across the world and mutating into an expanding …
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World News | Pakistan Poorly Prepared to Deal with HPAI Threat, Experts Warn
20 Dec 2025 14:20 GMT
… threat posed by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (HPAI), as the … high activity during the migratory season, with reported cases … health framework, he warned, Pakistan faces serious threats to … over 100 bureaus in India, South Asia and across the globe. ANI …
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Washington state reports presumptive human case of bird flu
14 Nov 2025 03:26 GMT
Washington state has reported a preliminary human case of avian influenza in an adult from Grays Harbor County, according to health officials.
In a statement released on Thursday, health officials said the individual, an older adult with underlying health …