Maeve Cullinan

We call them farms but the great bulk of food producing businesses in the west are better described as agricultural production plants.

Scientists say that, like pigs, they are a ‘mixing vessel’ that could enable H5N1 bird flu to mutate and spread to humans

A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalised with H5N1 bird flu, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.

A man in Louisiana has become the first person ever to die of H5N1 bird flu in the United States.

Louisiana officials confirm no human transmission after first US H5N1 death.

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

Since bird flu began spreading in the US, one question has been puzzling scientists: why are the farm workers who are catching it only suffering mild illness?

Unusually intense fires have struck across the world almost every year for the last decade

A new case of a more dangerous strain of mpox has been detected in Britain, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.

A Bolivian man has died after contracting Chapare virus, an Ebola-like disease so rare that there have only ever been 15 confirmed cases.