BIRD flu can infect horses without causing any symptoms, new research reveals, sparking fears it could be spreading under the radar. It’s a new chapter in the unfolding threat of H5N1 ...

Scientists find ‘conclusive’ evidence of spillover infections from wild birds in the east Asian country – home to five million horses ...

Evidence of bird flu infections in horses signals a new frontier in viral spillover risks, demanding urgent action to monitor and mitigate cross-species transmission. Research Letter: Evidence of ...

Bird flu can infect horses asymptomatically, recent research suggests, prompting concerns that the virus could have found ways to spread undetected. H5N1, the technical name for the bug which has ...

a dry area with low bird density. The results, which are published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, show conclusively that horses have been infected with avian flu. The researchers ...

Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 foot-tall (1.40 meters) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in ...

The person, who is "currently well", had "close and prolonged contact with infected birds" on a farm and the risk to the ...

Bird flu has already proven a disaster for humans and animals alike. And it could get far worse.