Two new H5N1 outbreaks confirmed in North West and Mpumalanga provinces. • Government plans first-ever mass poultry vaccination campaign underway. • Past 2023 epidemic led to culling of 10.5 million ...

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

Bird flu has ravaged poultry flocks worldwide in recent years, including in the United States, and top poultry exporter Brazil this year reported its first known case on a commercial farm ...

A strain of bird flu that has jumped from animals to people in the United States could find its way to Europe, EU scientists ...

The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...

Background: Accurate estimation of the case-fatality (CF) rate, or the proportion of cases that die, is central to pandemic planning. While estimates of CF rates for past influenza pandemics have ...