SEVEN years ago, the much-loved US band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, announced their farewell tour. It had, to say the least, been a long and highly ...

A human case of bird flu has been confirmed in England. The UK Health Security Agency said the person in the West Midlands region caught avian influenza on a farm where “they had close and ...

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected. By Apoorva Mandavilli Apoorva ...

It also said the risk to the wider public "continues to be very low" and that bird-to-human transmission of this kind was rare. UKHSA routinely swabs people who have been in close contact with ...

Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists Although many of the infections have been mild, emerging data indicate that variants of the avian influenza virus H5N1 ...

The US must strengthen measures to control the country’s bird flu outbreak and curb the growing risk that the virus will evolve to spread more easily between humans, international health experts ...

The reason egg prices are so high is because of the bird flu, not because of Michigan's new cage-free law. (Editor's note: In 2009, the Michigan Legislature passed a law with bipartisan support ...

A bird flu prevention zone enforcing strict hygiene ... Minimising contact with wild birds by keeping free range birds in fenced areas or indoors Providing feed and water undercover so wild ...

“This free annual event also acts as a stepping stone for people looking to contribute to our understanding of bird populations around the world,” says Jody Allair, director of communications at Birds ...

"We'd been putting up bird feeders for her to look at the birds and keep her interested because she was very outdoorsy," Ms Majury said. "That has fascinated her and it's got the kids into nature." ...

About 40% of laying hens in the U.S. are "cage-free," she said. Of birds lost to bird flu, more than half of these birds are cage-free, Metz added. "It's important to know that bird flu does not ...