Bird flu outbreak affects over 24 states, poultry prices rise. Poultry farmers across the country are on edge as the highly pathogenic avian influenza is on the rise in the U.S., with more than 24 ...

Antarctica and Australia are currently the only continents this avian influenza has yet to reach—as far as scientists can tell. For Antarctica in particular, the virus may simply be spreading ...

Antarctica's isolated population of wildlife faces an unprecedented threat: avian flu. The lethal variant of avian flu, H5N1, has made its way to populations of brown skuas on Bird Island, part of ...

A deadly strain of H5N1, commonly known as avian flu, has been found in birds across the Antarctic peninsula. Scientists are ...

The H5N1 avian influenza virus, as its name suggests, infects mainly birds, though it has been found to infect a few mammals, including humans. It was first observed in 1959 and then again in 1997.

Disease tops nobody's list of Antarctic dangers. "The great advantage of this place is that one never gets ill," said Robert Falcon Scott. His contemporary, Douglas Mawson, even suggested that the ...

Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

From Antarctica's plagued peninsula to previously untouched archipelagos, the infamous highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian flu has now moved across thousands of kilometres of ocean and settled ...

The Antarctic expedition has confirmed the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI H5N1) in the Weddell Sea, affecting various species, including penguins and crabeater seals.

As Avian Flu Reaches Antarctica, Luxury Travelers Are Helping Record Outbreaks Citizen science programs aboard cruise ships are documenting outbreaks in areas where researchers seldom tread ...

An Antarctic skua, one of the birds hardest hit by avian flu in the region. Peter Prokosch via Flickr. A deadly strain of H5N1, commonly known as avian flu, has been found in birds across the ...