BEGUSARAI: While the declaration of Kabar lake in Begusarai as the state’s first Ramsar site has enthused the bird watchers and eco lovers, there has been a growing discontent among farmers ...

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 ...

The bird flu was first described in Italy in 1878 as a "fowl plague." This current outbreak, from a strain that emerged among poultry flocks and wild birds in Europe in the fall of 2020, has been ...

Bird flu, also known as H5N1, has been around for decades. But the discovery in 2024 that the virus spread from wild birds to cows came as a surprise to public health experts, according to officials.

How a bird flu pandemic could emerge The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses ...

The Kabar Lake was declared a notified area under the Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972. In 1989, the Bihar government declared it a bird sanctuary to prevent poaching.