H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak Escalates: Global Threat Emerges with Unprecedented Spread in Poultry and Potential Human Transmission

H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak Escalates: Global Threat Emerges with Unprecedented Spread in Poultry and Potential Human Transmission

Published: November 26, 2025

Duration: 3:54

This is Bird Flu SOS: Urgent H5N1 News & Safety, your fast source for real-time health alerts. Today is November 26, 2025, and there’s a significant and urgent development: Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been confirmed in commercial flocks and wild birds across several counties, with cases now surging on both sides of the Atlantic as we enter the busy holiday season.

According to the UK Government's latest update, H5N1 has hit commercial poultry premises in Norfolk, Lincolnshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, and areas of Wales, with strict 3-kilometer protection zones and 10-kilometer surveillance zones now ac...