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The recent avian flu pandemic that has affected American cow herds has not altered the safety of pasteurized milk, according to a Friday statement from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It happens one day after...

The WHO announced on Friday that extremely high amounts of the H5N1 bird flu virus strain have been found in raw milk from sick animals. However, it is unknown how long the virus can remain in...

Officials said Tuesday that a record-breaking global outbreak of avian flu has killed a number of sea lions in Argentina, increasing concerns that it could transmit more readily to people. Animal health officials have recently received...

Ducks contaminated by mercury pollution are significantly more likely to get bird flu, a study found Wednesday, pointing towards another way that human-driven changes to the natural world increase the risk of viruses spreading. Bird flu...

The Czech Republic has its first case of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus in three years after an outbreak was reported on a poultry farm in the country’s central region, the State Veterinary Administration...

A new outbreak of bird flu was reported in Poland on Monday, with around 6,000 geese now set to be exterminated, a regional spokesman confirmed to Reuters, adding to about half a dozen cases already detected...

Four more outbreaks of bird flu have been reported across Poland, authorities said on Friday, bringing the total number of incidents in Europe’s largest poultry producer to six this week. Outbreaks were confirmed in Wolka Orlowska...

China has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu in Horgos in the far western Xinjiang region. The outbreak killed 1,015 out of 2,545 birds raised by farmers in Horgos, according to a notice...

China has registered a new case of H5N6 avian bird flu on a poultry farm in southern Hunan province, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. Local authorities culled 1,029 birds following the outbreak, the Ministry of...

Bulgaria has reported an outbreak of bird flu virus on a farm in the southern district of Plovdiv, the national food safety agency said on Friday. Due to the virus, found on a farm in the...