Birds must be kept indoors in Wales following a sharp rise in avian flu. The Welsh government has said the country is facing a "very high level" of the disease. Owners with 50 or more birds must keep them housed from Thursday.

A new strain of human avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been confirmed in Grays Harbor County, according to the Washington Department of Health.

The state has confirmed its second case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a migratory duck on Maui.

It is not yet clear how much of an impact these rising cases of bird flu could have on costs. As experts have said, if cases continue to surge, there could be ripple effects through the market, reaching the prices consumers pay for certain products in grocery stores.

Turkey prices tend to rise closer to holidays such as Thanksgiving. But tariffs and bird flu could dramatically drive up the cost of turkeys this year.

A new vaccine to protect dairy and poultry workers from bird flu does not require a needle and works against multiple strains of the H5N1 virus, researchers at the University of Maryland Center

Since highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) spread to the island of South Georgia in the sub-Antarctic in 2023, its breeding population of female southern elephant seals—the world's largest—has plummeted by nearly half,