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NewsPhilippines bans poultry imports from Minnesota, US, over H5N1 bird flu
Manila has halted poultry and wild bird imports from Minnesota after H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in at least seven US counties.
NewsHong Kong suspends poultry imports from Korea's Gyeonggi-do and seven US counties over avian influenza
Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety has halted poultry meat, product and egg imports from Yeoncheon-gun and seven US counties after WOAH reported H5N9 and H5N1 outbreaks.
NewsHanoi pushes supplementary pig vaccination in November as ASF hits 47 households in 16 communes
The capital has vaccinated 90,630 pigs against ASF and FMD, 93% of plan, and keeps five inter-sector quarantine checkpoints in operation.
NewsSouth Korea confirms H5N1 bird flu at 260,000-hen layer farm in Gyeonggi's Yeoju, third farm outbreak this month
The case follows an H5N9 outbreak on a Jangheung duck farm and prompts fortnightly testing of layer farms nationwide in place of quarterly checks.
NewsMexico culls 225,860 laying hens after H5N1 outbreak in Yucatan layer farm
Mexico has culled 225,860 laying hens near Uman, Yucatan, after confirming HPAI H5N1 at a commercial egg farm, its first commercial poultry outbreak in over two years.
NewsAI-designed mRNA H5Nx vaccine achieves complete protection in animal challenge trials
A University of Cambridge and DIOSynVax candidate protected all challenged animals against antigenically distinct H5N1 clades, while stockpiled vaccines protected only about half.
NewsHong Kong suspends poultry imports from Norway's Rogaland and the Scottish Borders after H5N1 outbreaks
The Centre for Food Safety has halted poultry meat and egg imports from Rogaland County in Norway and the Scottish Borders in Scotland with immediate effect after H5N1 notifications.
NewsTaiwan's Pingtung culls nearly 49,000 quail after H5N1 bird flu hits Yanpu farm
The farm reported unusual deaths on 30 October, prompting movement controls, disinfection and surveillance of poultry farms within 1km and 3km of the site.
NewsUS dairy industry presses for cattle bird flu vaccine as Washington infections reach 40 dairies
H5N1 has infected 1,222 US dairy herds in 21 states since March 2024, but no cattle vaccine is yet licensed, although several candidates are in field trials.
South Korea finds H5N1 in a wild leopard cat in Seosan as Yongin shuts stream after wild bird detection
The country's second wild mammal case and a stream closure near 1.16 million poultry follow the season's first wild bird detection in October.
Washington state resident dies of H5N1 bird flu after exposure at infected dairy in Yakima County, US
The death is linked to the dairy cattle outbreak in Washington state, but US health officials say the virus showed no changes that would make it spread more easily.
Bird flu cases in Washington state dairy herds nearly quadruple to 34 in a week
The outbreak in Yakima and Benton counties has made Washington the 20th US state to report H5N1 in dairy cattle since the virus was first found in Texas in 2024.
Hong Kong halts poultry imports from Washington's Kittitas County, US, over H5N1 outbreak
The Centre for Food Safety has ordered an immediate suspension of poultry meat, products and eggs from the US county after WOAH reported highly pathogenic H5N1 there.
NewsHong Kong suspends poultry imports from Denmark's Lolland and US's Minnesota over H5N1 outbreaks
Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety halts poultry meat and egg imports from Lolland Municipality and Minnesota's Jackson County with immediate effect.
NewsVietnam's Dien Bien culls 15,351 pigs as African swine fever keeps spreading across northern provinces
Hanoi has culled 6,335 pigs and 5,680 poultry this year as veterinary officials from 18 provinces and cities met to coordinate disease control ahead of Tet 2027.
NewsRose Acre Farms depopulates 934,600 layers after H5N1 confirmed at Illinois, US, egg farm
USDA confirmed HPAI at a Clinton County, Illinois, table egg layer premises where 934,600 birds are being destroyed, the largest of the country's active outbreaks.
NewsIndia's Chennai zoo closes after H5N1 bird flu confirmed in water birds
Seven water birds died at Vandalur Zoo between 3 and 9 October; India's high-security animal disease laboratory confirmed H5N1 on 21 October.
NewsTaiwan confirms H5N1 bird flu on Taoyuan meat goose farm, culls 735 birds
The geese had been brought in from Yunlin and Kaohsiung days before sampling; officials say poultry supply is unaffected.
NewsHong Kong suspends poultry imports from parts of US and Canada over H5N1 bird flu outbreaks
The suspension covers Minnesota's Stearns and Benton counties, Indiana's Jay County and the Municipality of Pembina in Canada's Manitoba.
NewsWashington, US, confirms human bird flu case linked to infected dairy cows in Yakima County
The case follows the state's first H5N1 detections in dairy cattle at two Yakima County farms earlier in October; officials say the public risk remains low.
NewsAustralia's Victoria lifts poultry housing order as H5N1 keeps spreading in wildlife
The 10-week order confined flocks of 50 or more birds in Melbourne and southern Victoria; H5N1 has not been detected in Australian poultry or livestock.
NewsWashington, US, confirms first H5N1 bird flu cases in dairy cattle
Two Yakima County dairy herds are under quarantine, making Washington the 20th US state to record highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy cattle since March 2024.
NewsCambodia confirms sixth human H5N1 case of 2026
A 49-year-old man in Oddar Meanchey province tested positive after contact with sick poultry, taking Cambodia's human H5N1 tally for 2026 to six.
NewsAustralia's Victoria delays poultry welfare rules by 12 months amid H5 bird flu outbreak
Tougher poultry welfare standards due to take effect in mid-2026 will now start in mid-2027 as the state focuses resources on H5 bird flu.
NewsUS confirms seven H5N1 detections in commercial poultry since 1 September as autumn migration begins
Turkey operations in the Dakotas and Minnesota account for most of the roughly 360,000 birds affected across commercial and backyard flocks over 30 days.
NewsAustralian free range egg farms change carton labels as H5N1 biosecurity keeps hens indoors
A 90-day regulatory grace period is expiring for some producers, with stickers and in-store signage now flagging that flocks have been temporarily housed.
NewsH5N1 detected in New South Wales as Australia's confirmed cases reach six
No spread to commercial or backyard poultry has been recorded, but authorities have intensified surveillance across wildlife and livestock.
NewsOver 336,000 pigs and poultry dead or culled in Vietnam in first half of 2026 as ASF and bird flu intensify
Overall herd growth continued despite the surge, with pig numbers up 2.2% and poultry up 3.1% year-on-year by end of June.
NewsNepal culls nearly 570,000 birds as H5N1 outbreak spreads to 11 districts and more than 100 farms
Authorities have also destroyed 989,000 eggs and closed the country's only zoo in Kathmandu after the virus was detected in a dead crow found on the premises.
NewsSignificant presence of H5N1 viral RNA in US retail milk during spring 2024-25 bird flu outbreak, report found
Influenza A(H5N1) viral RNA was widely present in US retail milk during the spring 2024–25 outbreak among dairy cattle in the United States, according to a report published recently in Emerging Infectious Diseases.