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Eggs are so expensive, Californians are trying to bring them across the border from Mexico

LOS ANGELES — With egg prices spiking in California, Border Patrol agents have noticed a rise in the number of people trying to bring eggs across the border from Mexico, which is illegal.

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Bird flu discovered in seals in Scotland as carcasses found on coast

Four grey and harbour seals found dead in Aberdeenshire, Highlands, Fife and Orkney have been confimed this week as having avian flu.

Daily Record

Faye Flam: Bird flu outbreak is a wake-up call for agriculture

Perhaps we can blame COVID fatigue for numbing us to the risks of other viruses. But it should be bigger news that a bird flu has mutated to spread through mammals and is ominously appearing among wild and domesticated animals around the globe. In the past, the inability to spread…

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WHO warns 'we must prepare' for bird flu pandemic if mammal strain jumps to humans

WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged world leaders to be vigilant and monitor bird flu cases in mammals after the disease was found to have spread to otters

Daily Mirror

WHO: Risk to Humans from H5N1 Bird Flu Remains Low but We Must Prepare

The recent spread to mammals of H5N1 influenza - commonly known as bird flu - needs to be monitored, but the risk to humans remains low, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. H5N1 has spread among poultry and wild birds for 25 years, Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters…

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The spillover of bird flu to mammals must be 'monitored closely,' WHO officials warn: 'We need to be ready to face outbreaks in humans'

Since H5N1 was identified in 1996, only rarely have human cases occurred, and there hasn't been sustained transmission among humans, the WHO's director said. But "we cannot assume that will remain the case."

Fortune

Be warned: the next deadly pandemic is not inevitable, but all the elements are in place

Bird flu is a mass killer, and mink farms are perfect for infection and transmission. They are a grave threat and must be banned, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Peru reports hundreds of sea lion deaths due to bird flu

Lima (AFP) - Peru said Tuesday that 585 sea lions and 55,000 wild birds have died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in recent weeks, the latest report on the disease's impacts.

AFP

Bird flu warning after geese die in Rochdale park

Members of the public are being urged not to touch any dead or sick birds they see in Queen's Park in Heywood

Manchester Evening News

Edinburgh locals told 'don't feed ducks' as swans wiped out by bird flu at historic park

Historic Environment Scotland have put signs up at St Margaret’s Loch in Holyrood Park as they link the bird deaths to avian flu.

Edinburgh Live

Visitor warning after bird flu outbreak confirmed at a park in Oldham

The boating lake has been closed off

Manchester Evening News

Slovakia reports outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on farm - WOAH

Slovakia has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus on a farm in the western part of the country, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health said on Monday.

Reuters

Bird flu outlook is ‘grim’ as new wave of the virus heads for Britain

Warning comes as ornithologists call for the government to step up testing to monitor the impact of the deadly H5N1 strain

The Guardian - UK

Bird flu detected in mammals but risk to humans low: experts

Paris (AFP) - Experts have warned that the recent detection of bird flu in mammals including foxes, otters, minks, seals and even grizzly bears is concerning but emphasised that the virus would have to significantly mutate to spread between humans.

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Daily Record

Bird flu outbreak found at Scots poultry farm sparking 3km lockdown by health chiefs

An exclusion zone has been put in place around Woodlea Poultry Farm, near Dunfermline, Fife, following the confirmed case on Thursday afternoon, the Scottish Government has announced.

Daily Record

Bird flu testing to start for humans after reports of virus appearing in mammals

The virus has killed over 208 million birds so far, with around 200 mammals also being infected.

Chronicle Live

First case of bird flu in non avian wildlife confirmed in Durham in 2021

Nine otters and foxes have been confirmed with avian flu since 2021, with the first case a fox in Durham

Edinburgh Live

Avian flu spreading to mammals but what does that mean about the risk to humans?

Avian flu, also known as bird flu, has now been found in a range of mammals across the globe, like foxes and bears - but does this disease pose a threat to humans?

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Glasgow Live

Bird flu spread to mammals but what risk does the virus pose to humans?

Avian flu has been detected in a range of mammals across the world, including grizzly bears, mink, dolphins and seals. But can the virus mutate to create more risk for human illness?

The Independent UK

Bird flu jumps to mammals amid UK’s biggest outbreak of avian virus

Animals are believed to have eaten dead wild birds that were infected with the virus

Wales Online

People to be tested for bird flu after virus jumps to mammals in UK

208million birds gave so far died because of the outbreak, and 200 cases have now been found in UK mammals

Daily Record

Bird flu outbreak at Scots park kills 22 swans as council issue warning

The number of birds found dead at Knightswood Park has almost trebled in just a few days.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow park bird flu outbreak sees 22 swans die as council issues warning to public

The bird population of Knightswood Park has been massively affected by an outbreak of bird flu with 22 swans having been found dead or put down in just a matter of days.

Glasgow Live

Can humans catch bird flu as eight swans die from disease in Glasgow park

Avian influenza, better known as bird flu, continues to cause concern across Glasgow and the rest of Scotland. But can you or your pet catch the virus? Here is everything you need to know.

Daily Record

Eight swans die at Scots park in bird flu outbreak which 'could impact their population'

The bodies of the birds were spotted at Knightswood Park in the city by a concerned member of the public, who reported it to the council on Tuesday.

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