Influenza presents a global health challenge due to its rapidly changing RNA genome. These mutations can result in serious health and economic consequences. To effectively manage outbreaks, reliable ...

The deadly H5 form of bird flu that has cut a swath across North America and elsewhere for the past five years has finally been detected in Australia. So what’s stopping this virus turning into the ...

World Zoonoses Day highlights the urgent need for surveillance, prevention, and One Health to prevent the next pandemic.

The fatality rate for H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in humans has historically been high, with more than half of people dying. Why, then, is the current H5N1 bird flu outbreak—which has ...

Bird flu is back, and your backyard chickens could be at risk. Here's how to spot it and keep them safe.

If you own backyard chickens or recently built a backyard chicken coop, the current bird flu outbreak has probably crossed ...

A surfer who spotted the first bird in South Australia to test positive for H5N1 bird flu says the giant petrel looked fatigued and distressed before it was retrieved by wildlife rescuers.

Bird flu is not merely a veterinary issue but a One Health challenge that demands coordinated action across human, animal, ...

More recently, H5 bird flu was confirmed in wildlife on Heard Island, a remote sub-Antarctic external territory of Australia. Researchers believe the strain killed thousands of elephant seal cubs. A ...

With bird flu arriving on our shores, governments, wildlife groups and agricultural organisations are springing into action.