By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reported Wednesday on a wild bird H5N8 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemic in the Hongjiannao...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 European officials report 561 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus detections in wild birds, poultry and captive birds since mid-August from 16 countries, according...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 Avian influenza is spreading rapidly across Europe, and the risk is high of spread to previously unaffected countries, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). EFSA...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Bird flu has been detected in a goose found in Rogaland. The Veterinary Institute has analyzed samples from the bird, which show highly pathogenic bird flu A (H5N8). This virus...

The Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today that in view of a notification from the Japanese authorities about an outbreak of highly pathogenic...

A team of researchers at Kansas State University, in collaboration with Garcia-Sastre of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has developed a vaccine that protects poultry from multiple strains...

Mike Coston is the Owner/Editor of Avian Flu Diary Despite its horrific impact on West Africa, Ebola – since it is not an `airborne virus’ – is unlikely to spark the next great pandemic.  None...