In a first, a polar bear has died of avian flu in the Arctic, confirms Alaska

The animal likely contracted the disease after feeding on infected bird carcass

Seeking shikimic

Centre confirms bird flu in Jharkhand government farm after hundreds of chickens died last week

H5N1 strain is known to be more infectious and fatal to poultry and more persistent in wild bird populations

No more deaths recorded after bird flu outbreak: monitoring committee report

The committee was appointed to oversee disease control after over 70 birds died in Delhi and Gwalior zoos

Clue found to strange link between swine flu vaccine and narcolepsy

The immune system may have misidentified a protein in the vaccine

Bird flu: About 300,000 chicken culled in Telangana

Government issues alert and sends advisory to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh

Few steps away from disaster

Bird flu virus can be transmitted from humans to humans

Swine flu in India: fatalities caused by ignorance?

Doctors cite late reporting of symptoms for rising number of deaths; Bengaluru, Rajasthan, and Kerala report high number of fatalities

Bird flu scare grips Cuttack: Ducks culled, compensation announced

After 12 ducks were tested positive of H5N1 virus, authorities culled 500 ducks, destroyed 6,000 eggs and instructed people not to consume the bird

Bird flu scare in Kerala: What’s pushing sudden rise in cases again?

Mass culling of ducks in Kerala spark loss fears among farmers

Counting chickens

Between 1918-19 Spanish flu and COVID-19, not much has changed

The British government permitted provisional governments to exercise powers under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, the same one the present …

What is spillover? Bird flu outbreak underscores need for early detection to prevent the next big pandemic

Active monitoring of wild animals, farm animals and humans will allow health officials to detect the first sign of spillover and help prevent a …

IN PHOTOS: Bird flu spreads to mammalian species

Seals, sea lions, foxes, otters, raccoons, grizzly bears, minks, porpoises have been infected, as scientists sound alarm about a new pandemic

Amid increasing death toll, government steps up measures to tackle swine flu

 In less than one-and-a-half months, India witnessed 407 deaths and 5,157 cases of the flu

H5N1 bird flu could wipe out thousands of penguins across Antarctica

Scientists believe that once transmitted, the flu in Antarctica will be hard to contain due to challenges in testing

African swine fever killed over 9,000 pigs in Mizoram

The first ASF outbreak was reported 100 years ago in Kenya

Bird flu: Dead chickens found on Bihar field trigger panic

Animal husbandry officials have sent serum samples of the dead birds for analysis 

Bird flu pandemic threat as high as in 1997; focus on wild bird migration routes, say experts

Experts urge investment in developing newer generation vaccines based on mRNA technology 

Surging bird flu cases may increase human infection risk, warn UN agencies & WOAH

Urge countries to strengthen disease surveillance and improve hygiene at poultry farms

H5 pandemic in the making? Minks may become the bird flu vector for humans

Spain’s bird flu outbreak in minks hints at a mutating virus    

Swine flu grips India tighter and tighter

The number cases of the disease have crossed 6,600-mark this year in the country

On a wing and a prayer

Not ready for swine flu

With over 600 deaths this season, experts say India needs more research on the H1N1 virus before it is in a position to combat the flu

Bird flu hits West Bengal again