by Mac Slavo | Oct 28, 2025 | Headline News
Germany has culled over 400,000 poultry amid a surging bird flu outbreak. Experts are concerned about the readiness of the world as it slides into another bird flu season. The Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) said current outbreaks resemble the severe wave of the...
by Mac Slavo | Oct 23, 2025 | Headline News, Health
Bird flu is once again making its way into headlines. Cambodia is currently tracking the H5N1 bird flu in a human girl, while China has seen an uptick in cases of the H9N2 strain of the virus. Last week, a 3-year-old girl from Kampong Speu province was sickened. She...
by Mac Slavo | Oct 22, 2025 | Headline News, Health
Seventeen people, ten of whom are children, are being tested for bird flu in Calgary, Canada, after an outbreak at a petting farm. Nine poultry cases of H5N1 avian influenza virus were detected at Butterfield Acres Petting Farm. All “symptomatic workers” at...
by Mac Slavo | Sep 22, 2025 | Headline News, Health
Over 400,000 turkeys have been killed in South Dakota, and the culling was blamed on bird flu. South Dakota State Veterinarian Beth Thompson said blue-winged teal, a species of duck, has been identified as carriers of this season’s virus HPAI (highly pathogenic avian...
by Mac Slavo | Sep 10, 2025 | Headline News, Health
South Dakota has kicked off “bird flu season” by slaughtering 134,000 turkeys. The turkeys spanned three facilities and were killed in response to an outbreak of the HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza). The only other state reporting confirmed...
