For the first time, deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of a wildlife die-off in Antarctica, killing more than 50 skuas during the 2023–2024 summers. Researchers on an Antarctic ...

Australian Antarctic Program scientists say virus on Heard Island has spread to new species ...

New Jersey environmental officials are monitoring an active outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known ...

Chilean researcher detected a deadly bird flu strain in Antarctica, spreading rapidly among skuas, cormorants, gulls, ...

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. In 2024, as zoos were hit hard by H5N1 bird flu, big cats were particularly affected: tigers, lions, a cheetah, and a panther all died after being ...

India is on bird flu, H5N1 alert. Cases have been reported in Chennai. More than 1,500 crows have tested positive for the ...

As further cases are confirmed in the region’s commercial, captive and wild birds, the risk of further spread in the region remains.

More than 50 skuas in Antarctica died from the high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 in the summers of 2023 and 2024, marking the first documented die-off of wildlife from the virus on the ...

Detections of H5N1 avian influenza have slowed in both animals and humans, but continued surveillance is warranted, CDC researchers said. In dairy cattle, cases surged over the fall and early winter ...

An advisory has been issued to the public as health authorities move quickly to contain the outbreak and prevent further transmission.