The Latest Breaking News from Bird Flu

Senegal has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a poultry farm in the northwestern part of the country, the government of the West African state and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday.

The animals include foxes, grey seals, otters, harbour seals, dolphins and a harbour porpoise

Avian influenza (“bird flu”) is a highly contagious viral infection that affects wild and domestic birds worldwide. It has recently gained notoriety for its devastating impact on the commercial poultry sector and as an emerging human public health threat.

Cal-Maine earnings beat Q3 views late Tuesday, with a bird flu outbreak keeping egg prices high. CALM stock soared Wednesday.

It has ravaged farms, decimated wild birds and spilled onto mammals. Could avian flu spark the next human pandemic? The Down to Earth team takes a closer look.

Current risk of transmission from birds to humans remains low, but vaccine producers are ready to prepare a new shot “within months”

Scientist warns diagnostic testing capacity is not advanced enough to cope with virus if it jumps to humans

People are being urged to stay away from dead animals after bird flu was found in a number of dead seals on the Cornish coast.

The five seal carcasses were discovered on a beach in Cornwall

They say we are "sleepwalking into another pandemic"

Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral infection of birds, commonly called “bird flu”, which has been recurring in Nigeria since 2006. It has resulted in the loss of millions of birds and income for people who rely on the poultry industry. Nigeria is currently grappling with another outbreak which…