Bird flu

Two poultry workers in England have tested positive for bird flu, although there are no signs of human-to-human transmission, the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.

Two poultry workers infected with bird flu, UK officials confirm

British free range eggs were taken off shelves due to the bird flu outbreak (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Bird flu: Free range eggs return as restrictions ease

A 56-year-old woman from the Guangdong province in China is the first recorded human casualty from the H3N8 bird flu.

China reports first human H3N8 bird flu death, according to WHO

Avian flu have been spotted in mammals such as minks.

WHO warns bird flu could become next global pandemic

An egg shortage is possible for the coming weeks

Farmers warn of British egg shortage for Christmas

Signs near Eccles in Norfolk, as all of Norfolk and Suffolk, and parts of Essex, became the latest areas to be placed in an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ). Picture date: Tuesday October 4, 2022.

Migrating birds monitored amid avian flu outbreak

An avian flu “prevention zone” has been declared across Great Britain in the face of rising case numbers as the country battles the largest ever outbreak of the disease.

Bird flu ‘prevention zone’ declared across UK as virus hits Lewis and Orkney

Conservationists fear thousands of gannets are among bird flu casualties.
Picture: Ilona Amos

Bird flu find sparks Western Isle restrictions

Roseate terns are already critically endangered and now face a new threat from bird flu

Bird flu: The entire country is counting the cost of deadly virus

Under threat: A white-tailed eagle chick on the nest with one of its parents

Mull sea eagle chick killed by bird flu

Grouse chicks face being shot on the 'Glorious Twelfth' of August

Halt bird flu by banning release of game birds for shooters

Penny Middleton, NFUS animal health policy manager.

Bird flu confirmed in Orkney

Bird flu has been found in chickens at a Scottish farm - but humans are not at r...

Photo of chickens at Leicestershire-based egg producer Sunrise Poultry Farms playing with a football while they are stuck indoors during the bird flu lockdown picture: Sunrise Poultry Farms Limited

Bird flu: flock culled after case confirmed on Scottish island

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Bird flu: World is on the edge

Bird flu could be 'world's deadliest virus'

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