H5N1 Bird Flu Spreads Across UK and US with New Poultry Outbreaks and Ongoing Human Cases in 2025

H5N1 Bird Flu Spreads Across UK and US with New Poultry Outbreaks and Ongoing Human Cases in 2025

Published: November 12, 2025

Duration: 3:16

This is Bird Flu Bulletin: Daily H5N1 Update for Wednesday, November 12, 2025. I’m your host. Here are today’s top stories.

Top stories

First, highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been confirmed in a large commercial poultry unit near Woodbridge in East Suffolk, England, according to the UK government’s DEFRA bulletin. All poultry on the premises will be culled and a 3-kilometer protection zone plus a 10-kilometer surveillance zone have been declared.

Second, Scotland reported a new H5N1 outbreak today near Lanark, South Lanarkshire. Scottish authorities have implemented control zones and cu...
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