Palm Beach Post

Patient hospitalized after first human case of bird flu linked to rare strain of virus

A strain of bird flu never seen in humans has infected a Washington state resident and left the person hospitalized, state health authorities said. Washington State Department of Health authorities ...
Gulf Times

45,000 invasive Myna birds captured

The national programme to control the number of the invasive Myna birds has achieved considerable success with around 45,000 ...
AZ Animals

Think a Bigger Cage Solves Parrot Boredom? Here’s the Real Threat

Parrots have the intelligence of a human toddler. These inquisitive birds need mental stimulation, as without it, they become ...

How to feed those hungry wild birds in your backyard this winter

You can safely put out food for birds in wintertime if you take some simple precautions. While feeding birds isn’t necessary ...

Catching the hunters trapping rare songbirds in China

On a long low wall alongside the Liangshui river in Beijing, a trader has several small cages with tiny twittering birds.
Phys.org

Urban birds' beak shape rapidly changed during COVID-19 lockdowns, suggesting human-driven transformations

When the world slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic, its effects extended beyond humans. A recent study found that it reshaped urban ecosystems to such an extent that certain city-dwelling birds ...
Newsweek

Bird Flu Revealed to Thrive in Fever as US Reports First Human H5N5 Death

Bird flu viruses appear to replicate and thrive at temperatures higher than a typical fever—one of the body’s key protective ways of stopping viruses. This threat to human health has been outlined in ...
Mongabay

Bird diversity drops in human-dominated habitats, Nepal study suggests

Areas dominated by humans are home to fewer species, with similar ecosystem function and proximity in the evolutionary family tree, a recent study in Nepal’s southern plains suggests. Human activities ...
Medical Xpress

First human bird-flu death from H5N5L: What you need to know

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and ...
Healio

First confirmed human case, death from H5N5 bird flu reported in Washington State

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . H5N5 has never been reported in humans before. H5N5 is a different strain than the one that has been infecting ...
Scientific American

First Human Dies of Rare H5N5 Bird Flu Strain. Here’s What You Need to Know

A person in the Washington State has died of avian influenza. It’s the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. since January—but the infection was of a different strain than the one that has been ...
Newsweek

Washington Man Dies From First Case of Bird Flu Strain Reported in Humans

A Washington man died from complications tied to an H5N5 bird flu infection, the first recorded instance of a human contracting this avian influenza strain worldwide, state and federal health ...