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Cats could be a risk from bird flu.

Pet peeve: Three factors that have raised the risk of a bird flu pandemic

The death of pets and a “red flag” study have experts worried about the virus that has infected 69 people and killed one patient in the US.

  • Angus Dalton

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Stan Graczyk runs big egg retailer Eggporium at the Queen Victoria Market.

Eggs crack new high amid fresh bird flu outbreak

Australians are paying 23 per cent more for eggs than they were two years ago, as avian influenza limits supply.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
A new strain of bird flu has been detected in Victoria.

Everything you need to know about the new Victorian bird flu outbreak

A new strain of avian flu has been found in chickens at a farm in Victoria’s north. Here’s what you need to know about the highly infectious H7N8 strain.

  • Ashleigh McMillan
2024’s outbreak forced two million chickens to be killed.

‘Poultry have been infected’: Bird flu confirmed at Victorian chicken farm

CSIRO testing confirmed the presence of the highly pathogenic H7N8 strain of avian influenza at a farm near Euroa.

  • Angus Delaney
Day-old duck hatchlings crawl around inside an incubator at a duck farm in New York state.

Worrying bird flu strain undisclosed by US after Trump orders WHO exit

A US government memo ordering a halt to communication with global health bodies has concerned scientists as a strain of bird flu is detected in California for the first time.

  • Jessica Nix and Gerry Smith
Bird flu can spread quickly between species, which is a risk for the wildlife in Antarctica like these penguins and skuas.

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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Particles of H5N1 bird flu flagged in yellow.

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
The patient who died had been exposed to a combination of backyard chickens and wild birds.

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
Colorised image showing avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles (yellow), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells (blue).

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
Shearwaters travel an extraordinary 16,000 kilometres to get from the Bering Sea near Alaska to Australia.

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

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