Bird flu

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People carrying supplies at Batthkav refugee camp in Cambodia on Dec 12, amid ongoing border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia.

Hundreds of storks found dead near Madrid amid wider bird flu surge in Europe

A forestry agent puts a dead stork inside a trash bag found in a field next to the Manzanares river in Perales del Rio, near Madrid, Spain, December 12, 2025. Forestry agents have collected hundreds of dead storks along wetlands in southeastern Madrid, as authorities have confirmed four outbreaks of bird flu in wild birds in the region. REUTERS/Susana Vera

Penguins queue in Paris zoo for their yearly bird flu jabs

A Humboldt penguin is checked by medical staff before vaccination against bird flu at the Paris Vincennes Zoological Park.

Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than Covid-19, France’s Institut Pasteur says

The highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has led to the culling of hundreds of millions of birds in the past few years.

US records second human bird flu death of 2025

The CDC has recorded more than 70 human cases of bird flu in 2025.

Zoo vaccination efforts don’t target every animal, but focus on rare, disease-prone species: Experts

Vaccination being carried out at Pairi Daiza (Belgian zoo) with Ceva Wildlife Research Fund.

Some birds in Mandai Wildlife Reserve to be vaccinated against deadly bird flu in pilot

The brahminy kite (left) and the critically endangered white-backed vulture could be among the bird species to be vaccinated.

On a clipped wing, flamingo escapes British zoo for a life in France

Frankie the Caribbean Flamingo at Paradise Park Wildlife Sanctuary in Cornwall, England, before she made her escape to France.

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Britain's BBC apologised to US President Donald Trump over its editing of his speech.

‘Bleak’ future for seals decimated by bird flu, scientists warn

A colony of southern elephant seals - some infected by bird flu - on a beach in St Andrews Bay on South Georgia island, in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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