David Quammen - the science writer who in 2012 eerily predicted Covid-19 four years before it emerged - has voiced fears ...

Transmission of bird flu to humans is relatively rare, although one case was reported in January in England’s West Midlands in a person who was said to have been in proximity to sick birds on a ...

Restrictions to control the rise of bird flu have been extended following two new cases. The outbreaks have appeared in ...

The first known case of bird flu in a sheep anywhere in the world has been found on a Yorkshire farm. The case was identified in milk testing as part of routine surveillance of livestock on the ...

New test for bird flu provides results before the virus spreads In March, the UK’s chief veterinary officer confirmed that ...

About 78% of pupils in Cambridgeshire were vaccinated this winter against the flu, says the NHS ... as vomiting-bug cases continue to rise in England. Norovirus cases are the highest they have ...

A village shop in the Lake District has decided to limit egg sales to customers as an avian flu epidemic continues. After supplies are affected by chicken farm restrictions, shoppers can only purchase ...

Detailed results from the CENTERSTONE trial show treatment with Xofluza reduced the odds of transmission, or spread of the ...

The flu antiviral baloxavir can reduce flu transmission in households, raising the possibility that it could be used ...

One dose of the antiviral baloxavir marboxil lowers the chance of transmitting the influenza virus to family members by about 30%, according to research in the New England Journal of Medicine.