Bird flu
Australia scans the frozen continent for early signs of deadly disease
Antarctic researchers are on high alert for a deadly strain of bird flu, which could hit the continent’s wildlife at any moment – and from there make its way to Australia.
- Mike Foley
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Bird flu has turned deadly in the US. Is it time to re-evaluate our pandemic risk?
A deadly strain of the virus killed a patient in the US and left a teenager critically ill. The outbreak has raised concerns about bird flu spreading between humans.
- Angus Dalton
First US bird flu death reported in Louisiana patient
Nearly 70 people in US have contracted bird flu since April. Most cases have been mild.
- Leah Douglas and Julie Steenhuysen
Bird flu ‘may be mutating to become more transmissible to humans’
Scientists believe the virus – which has spread across bird and cattle farms in the US and caused 60 mild human infections – is a pandemic waiting to happen.
- Tony Diver
Why so many dead birds are being washed up on Australian beaches
Authorities on the alert for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu have tested dead shearwaters, also known as muttonbirds, in NSW and Victoria.
- Bianca Hall
H5N1 bird flu strain hits South America
Bird flu has killed more than 30,000 South American sea lions, 17,000 southern elephant seals, numerous porpoises, dolphins and otters, and more than 650,000 native birds.
Egg rationing in place at major supermarkets amid fears of new disease variant
A steady supply of eggs is still several months away, farmers say, as the industry scrambles to recover from a bird flu outbreak earlier this year.
- Angus Delaney
A ferret’s sneeze is helping monitor the risk of a bird flu pandemic
A new strain of bird flu is causing a wave of deaths in animals around the world. What needs to happen for it to infect humans, and how prepared are we?
- Liam Mannix
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