Wildlife and mapping experts are searching Victoria’s coast from above for signs of H5 bird flu outbreaks in birds and other ...

Scientists provided the most complete view of bird flu's spread through wild bird populations across North America, explaining how the dominant strain advanced, maintaining the risk of human ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has killed black vultures across the southeastern United States in repeated waves that, unlike outbreaks in most wild bird species, have persisted year-round.

At the start of 2025, health officials in Louisiana reported the first U.S. bird flu death and experts questioned whether highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) could lead to the next pandemic. A ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza has spread across the globe, infecting hundreds of birds and mammal species. Few places offer ...

Australia was the only continent free of H5N1 bird flu, until last week when a brown skua was found in Cape Le Grand National Park in Western Australia, about 700km from Perth, with the virus. Within ...

The new map provides a direct explanation. "We could connect all the severe cases with the wild bird map," said co-first author Walter Harrington, PhD, St. Jude Department of Host-Microbe Interactions ...