The Latest Breaking News from Bird Flu

Recent public health threats such as COVID, and the current bird flu outbreak in Victoria, show we can’t separate human health from the natural environment. Our research examining the link between lead exposure in house sparrows and children is another sobering reminder of this shared health burden.

Bird flu poses a massive threat, and the potential for a catastrophic new pandemic is imminent. We still have a chance to stop a possible humanitarian disaster, but only if we get to work urgently, carefully and aggressively.

Here's what you need to know about supermarket limits on eggs.

Supermarket’s restriction applies everywhere except WA as more than 500,000 chickens euthanised due to avian influenza

A growing bird flu outbreak is yet to hit farmed chicken meat but shoppers have been urged to avoid panic-buying after a supermarket introduced egg sale limits.

Supermarket cites supply issues after hundreds of thousands of chickens culled amid avian influenza outbreak

As bird flu spreads through US cattle, a hip California grocery store is making a smoothie from unpasteurized dairy and a supplement made from organs

Cows and, of course, birds have been at the center of the H5N1 outbreak. But many cats are dying too

FDA urges states to enhance measures against H5N1 bird flu in raw milk to protect public health.