Scientists in Russia have developed a new variant of the H5N1 bird flu vaccine, adapted to strains currently circulating globally.

The plan entails a makeover of NCDC by setting up five new regional offices, 20 new metropolitan surveillance units, and 27 new state regional centres of India's apex public health institute.

​Officials say the case was found in a mixed species flock consisting of game bird pheasants and backyard chickens.

State officials confirm Iowa’s first bird flu case of 2026 in Kossuth County, triggering a disaster proclamation and renewed ...