Bird Flu Spreads: UK Reports New Outbreaks, US Tracks Dairy Herd Infections as Global H5N1 Cases Persist
Published: December 26, 2025
Duration: 3:03
Bird Flu Bulletin: Daily H5N1 Update
Friday, December 26, 2025.
Good evening, this is your Daily H5N1 Update. I'm your host.
Top stories from the last 24 hours.
First, the UK government reports two new HPAI H5N1 outbreaks in England and Scotland. HPAI H5N1 was confirmed in a backyard flock near Bicester, Oxfordshire on December 20, and in a second large commercial poultry unit near Penicuik, Scottish Borders on December 24. Protection and surveillance zones are in place, with all poultry on affected premises humanely culled.
Second, the FAO's global avian...
Friday, December 26, 2025.
Good evening, this is your Daily H5N1 Update. I'm your host.
Top stories from the last 24 hours.
First, the UK government reports two new HPAI H5N1 outbreaks in England and Scotland. HPAI H5N1 was confirmed in a backyard flock near Bicester, Oxfordshire on December 20, and in a second large commercial poultry unit near Penicuik, Scottish Borders on December 24. Protection and surveillance zones are in place, with all poultry on affected premises humanely culled.
Second, the FAO's global avian...