The Ministry of Primary Industries has warned our chances of a bird flu outbreak in New Zealand is rising. While the risk of ...

New Zealand’s Biosecurity Minister, Andrew Hoggard, is urging New Zealanders to prepare for the potential arrival of high ...

We might be fine. Viruses don’t always manage to adapt to new species, despite all the opportunities. But if there is a bird ...

A World Health Organization official on Thursday called for stronger surveillance in animals for evidence of infection with ...

The spread of bird flu continues to trouble scientists. They say there is no indication that the U.S. has the outbreak under control. And now, a more concerning version of the virus has cropped up.

Tens of thousands of nurses, healthcare assistants, midwives and other workers in public hospitals across New Zealand have voted to hold an eight-hour strike on December 3, to oppose the National ...

Bird flu continues to spread across the U.S., with new infections in Hawaii and continued human outbreaks in California.

There are fears Aotearoa's native bird species could be wiped out if avian flu reaches New Zealand shores. Intense planning for the potential arrival of the deadly influenza strain has been ...