Brazil accounts for 35 per cent of the global chicken trade, shipping $13 billion worth of it in 2024. Read more at ...

"If we can eliminate that reservoir and protect humans, there's a real good possibility that we could pretty much eliminate ...

Beth Bechdol and Máximo Torero Avian influenza is sweeping through the Americas—devastating poultry farms, disrupting trade, ...

The idea is biologically plausible and historically grounded — and it reframes how we think about the origin of pandemics.

SAO PAULO -- SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil, one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of poultry, on Friday confirmed the country's first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm, the country's ...

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MPox is endemic in DRC, and has continued to cause large numbers of cases in the WHO African Region. In April, 2025, the WHO has restated that MPox continues to be a Public Health Emergency of ...

The first death caused by H5N1 bird flu was reported in January 2025. Some believe the virus could eventually pose a ...

The most deadly strain of bird flu is responsible for the majority of cases in domestic cats, with a current 90% fatality ...

As more humans become infected by H5N1 bird flu, experts worry of a new pandemic with 70 human cases in the U.S. including 1 ...

H5N1 is particularly lethal for poultry, often leading to the rapid death of entire flocks. Cattle, on the other hand, have shown a stronger ability to recover. Human infections have remained rare and ...