Britain increased the risk level of bird flu from medium to high after two different strains of the virus, H5N5 and H5N1, were detected in...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed the first fatal case of the A(H5N2) subtype of avian influenza in a human in Mexico. This...

Bird flu has made its way into fur and elephant seal populations for the first time on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, a team of...

Bird flu is spreading fast in Europe but arrived later this year after a warm autumn delayed migration of wild birds, the main carriers of...