H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak Escalates: Urgent Safety Guidelines for Humans and Animals in 2025-2026 Pandemic
Published: January 9, 2026
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Today’s emergency update: health authorities have confirmed a new outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in commercial poultry, including a duck farm in northern Israel, and continuing spread in wild birds and dairy herds in multiple countries. Beacon Bio reports this latest farm outbreak was confirmed on January 4, signaling that the 2025–2026 season is escalating in both birds and livestock. The California Department of Food and Agriculture notes hundreds of dairy herds have been infected in the U.S., with repeated re-quarantines as the virus...
Today’s emergency update: health authorities have confirmed a new outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in commercial poultry, including a duck farm in northern Israel, and continuing spread in wild birds and dairy herds in multiple countries. Beacon Bio reports this latest farm outbreak was confirmed on January 4, signaling that the 2025–2026 season is escalating in both birds and livestock. The California Department of Food and Agriculture notes hundreds of dairy herds have been infected in the U.S., with repeated re-quarantines as the virus...