Study Warns Cats Might Be Bird Flu Carriers. The H7N6 strain - recently detected in New Zealand has never been found to infect people and the health risk for people from this strain is very low.

Although the avian flu (H5N1) virus may not be making the news as frequently, it is still working hard behind the scenes, ...

Tests confirmed the H7N6 subtype of bird flu at a rural chicken farm in the Otago region, Biosecurity New Zealand said in a statement. It is different to the H5N1 strain that has spread globally ...

The South African poultry industry is once again on high alert following confirmed outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian ...

A second poultry farm near Dunedin has been placed under restriction after New Zealand’s first confirmed case of high pathogenic avian influenza H7N6, or bird flu, was found on a free-range ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 avian flu. A spokesperson ...

Following a prolonged but ultimately successful application process, South Africa’s largest poultry company has become the ...

The avian flu has now reached four African countries. March 13, 2006 - The avian flu is confirmed by officials in Myanmar. May 11, 2006 - Djibouti announces its first cases of H5N1 - several birds ...

WELLINGTON, Dec 24 (Reuters) - New Zealand officials said on Tuesday that testing showed they had contained the strain of highly pathogenic H7N6 avian flu that infected a farm this month.

Health experts warn of another potential pandemic due to the H5N1 avian flu. The virus, impacting birds and mammals, has spread across the U.S. and resulted in significant poultry losses.