Delhi Zoo shut for visitors after painted storks test positive for bird flu
Delhi zoo shut down due to bird flu in New Delhi on August 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Delhi Zoo will be shut for visitors from…
ICMR team blames bird flu and other factors for Narasaraopet girl’s death
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu with the ICMR team members during a review meeting at the Secretariat at Velagapudi near Vijayawada on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Andhra Pradesh…
World’s first case of bird flu in sheep found on Yorkshire farm
Steve JonesBBC News, YorkshireGetty ImagesThe case was found in a single sheep on a farm in Yorkshire (stock image)The world's first case of bird flu in sheep has been found…
Poultry workers being screened for potential bird flu infections
RAJAMAHENDRAVARAMAll workers in chicken shops and poultry farms within the 10-km surveillance zone of the three bird flu hotspots in East Godavari district are being sent for medical tests to…
Poultry farmers in bird flu ‘panic’ call for UK vaccination plan
Paul KellyPaul Kelly, whose turkey business has previously been hit by bird flu, is among those calling for a vaccination scheme for poultryPoultry farmers are appealing to the government to…
Case of bird flu confirmed in farm worker
David Gregory-KumarCorrespondent for science, environment & rural affairsGetty ImagesAt the site of the Shropshire farm outbreak, the killing and disposal of a million egg-laying birds continuesA person working on a…
Alarm as skyrocketing flu cases add to NHS strains
Getty ImagesFlu cases are skyrocketing, causing huge problems for hospitals, NHS England bosses are warning.Last week the number of patients in hospital in England with the virus topped 5,400 a…
Flu rises sharply in England’s hospitals
The number of people with flu in hospital in England has quadrupled over the last month and is rising "at a very concerning rate", NHS chiefs warn. Latest data shows…
Stockton mum’s vaccine plea after losing baby to flu
Meg HughesUntil he caught flu, Louie Hughes had been thriving since being born at just 26 weeks A mother is urging parents to get their children vaccinated after losing one…
Broomfield Hospital visits severely restricted amid flu spike
Stuart Woodward/BBCBroomfield Hospital said it took the decision "to protect our patients"Visits have been severely restricted at a hospital battling a surge in flu cases.Broomfield Hospital, in Chelmsford, said the…