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Bird flu has been found in two ringed seals near Resolute Bay, Nunavut. The territory's Department of Health said Friday the seals were collected in October. The news follows a confirmed case of ...
Joël Bêty has been studying various bird species on Bylot Island, north of Pond Inlet, Nunavut, for more than 25 years — but this year is looking different from most. Usually, he and his team ...
This short-tailed shearwater was reportedly found in Gjoa Haven, in Nunavut’s western region. (Birding N.W.T./Facebook ) Strange birds have been spotted along the coast of the Arctic Ocean this ...
Last year, bird flu killed more than 40 million egg-laying birds. Including ducks and chickens, 148 million birds have been ordered euthanized since H5N1 began spreading around the U.S. in 2022 ...
Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems might be primed to fend off a worse case, research finds.
With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the early days of Covid-19, when infectious disease experts were talking ...
As the H5N1 bird flu virus mutates and rapidly spreads through American cattle herds — a first for the U.S. — doctors and veterinarians are fearful that if the virus is left unchecked, it ...
Bird flu has been found in two ringed seals near Resolute Bay, Nunavut. The territory's Department of Health said Friday the seals were collected in October. The news follows a confirmed case of avian ...