Credit: CDC and NIAID. A team of Australian scientists has recently identified highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus clade 2.3.2.1a in a child who traveled back to Australia from India.

But, as the species wreaks havoc across parts of the Northern Hemisphere, Australia’s Invasive Species Council is warning the imminent arrival of highly pathogenic bird flu could be a catalyst for the ...

New Zealand officials said on Tuesday that testing showed they had contained the strain of highly pathogenic H7N6 avian flu ...

Extra surveillance is underway to ensure the cases are not masking a highly contagious strain of bird flu that is yet to enter Australia. Surveillance efforts on the New South Wales Central Coast ...

While much attention on the bird flu situation has focused on the United States this year, Van Kerkhove noted that Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China and Vietnam also reported outbreaks.

Last month, a teenager in Canada was also hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Louisiana patient was exposed to ...

A new bird flu mutation of H5N1 has been discovered in a patient in the US state of Louisiana. Public health officials are concerned the new strain may rapidly develop, increasing its ability to ...

Some products that meet bird flu heat treatment requirements are being exported to Australia. The ministry will work with Mainland Poultry regarding an appropriate stand-down period for the ...

Seabirds, for instance, “are taking a hammering,” said Michelle Wille, an avian flu expert at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Those disparities may stem from differences in ...

There has been a spike in pelicans with suspected botulism dying on the NSW Central Coast in recent weeks. But the symptoms ...

Australia has remained free of the H5 strain ... governor Gavin Newson declared a state of emergency to help deal with a bird flu outbreak, which has spread to humans and cattle.