Australia has confirmed its first H5N1 bird flu cases. Here’s what that means for people, wildlife, poultry and your weekly ...

Australia is racing to contain the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is now believed to have infected ...

Over recent years avian influenza has made its way across the globe. Now Australia has a suspected case. Here's what we know.

NSW’s first H5N1 bird flu case has emerged in a wild bird, with more than 500 trained surveillance officers now deployed ...

South Australia is investigating a fresh suspected bird flu case after a giant petrel found near Hardwicke Bay on the Yorke ...

More recently, H5 bird flu was confirmed in wildlife on Heard Island, a remote sub-Antarctic external territory of Australia. Researchers believe the strain killed thousands of elephant seal cubs. A ...

At the start of 2025, health officials in Louisiana reported the first U.S. bird flu death and experts questioned whether highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) could lead to the next pandemic. A ...

The black swan, the Tasmanian devil and Australian sea lions are among the species at risk if a deadly strain of avian ...

India is facing renewed concern over Nipah virus in West Bengal and bird flu in Bihar. While both are zoonotic diseases, Nipah virus is deadlier for humans, with a fatality rate of 40–75% and no ...

Citizen scientist Dr Susan Belperio was “flabbergasted” when she reported a dead bird at Glenelg to the Emergency Animal ...