Since highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) spread to the island of South Georgia in the sub-Antarctic in 2023, its breeding population of female southern elephant seals—the world's largest—has plummeted by nearly half, scientists reported yesterday in Communications Biology.

Birds must be kept indoors in Wales following a sharp rise in avian flu. The Welsh government has said the country is facing a "very high level" of the disease. Owners with 50 or more birds must keep them housed from Thursday.

A new strain of human avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been confirmed in Grays Harbor County, according to the Washington Department of Health.

The avian flu is devastating marine mammal populations. A new survey finds that nearly half of breeding females in the world's largest population of southern elephant seals were killed by the virus.

People have been warned not to touch dead or sick birds after a case of avian flu was confirmed in Nottinghamshire. The disease was found in a wild whooper swan in Shelford, according to Nottinghamshire County Council. Wild birds that migrate to the UK can carry the disease, which can lead to cases in poultry and other captive birds.

The state has confirmed its second case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a migratory duck on Maui.

Avian flu in humans may have made a reappearance after 9 months, according to a press release from the Washington State Department of Health.

Since first being detected in Newfoundland in 2021, a subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI A(H5Nx), has had a dramatic impact on North America.

At least three Sonoma County poultry farms have tested positive for avian flu in the past three weeks, early echoes of the 2023-24 winter season that devastated the local industry. All of