We watched the coronavirus raise its head in China in late 2019 before most of the mainstream media was tracking it. Likewise, our recent report on bird flu (specifically H5N1) suggests this could be the next “big one” when it comes to the next global pandemic. This page is devoted to tracking the monthly reports from reputable sources tracking the rise and spread of avian flu.
Tracking Avian Flu – Monthly Reports
- See also this Bird Flu Current Situation Summary from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
September 2023
- A new study from researchers in China and Nottingham discovered a subtype of avian flu, endemic to poultry farms in China, is undergoing mutational changes. These changes could increase the risk of the disease passing to humans.
July 2023
- UN agencies raise alarm on avian flu cases
- Avian flu confirmed in sea birds found dead on Manx Beaches
June 2023
- Researchers warn avian flu virus is changing rapidly
- US to spend $502 million on future bird flu response
May 2023
- Uruguay starts vaccinating poultry against avian flu
- More than 50,000 wild birds in UK killed by avian flu – double previous estimates
- New spike in vain flu cases in French poultry
- Two test positive for bird flu in the UK
- Avian flu hits Paraguay, backyard flocks report first case
- Brazil declares animal health emergency amid avian flu cases
- First avian flu cases reported in Indonesia
April 2023
- Chile calls for calm after detecting first human case of avian flu
- Avian flu outbreak among California mountain lions grows
- Minnesota tops US in wild birds confirmed dead from avian flu
- Avian flu outbreak in Gambia threatens birds on East Atlantic flyway
March 2023
- China reports human case of H5N1 bird flu
- Cambodia: No human-to-human bird flu transmission found
- Avian flu outbreak hits Peru turkey farms
- Senators say more funds needed for combatting avian flu
- Two outbreaks confirmed within a week of each other in India
- Avian flu outbreak affects half a million birds in Saskatchewan
- First Argentina avian flu outbreak leaves 190,000 birds dead
- France reports decline in avian flu cases among poultry
- Japan on high alert as avian flu rages across the country
- Mayo Clinic considers development of avian flu test
February 2023
- Bird flu: UK health officials make contingency plans
- Bird flu alarm drives world towards once shunned vaccines
- Mass death of sea lions from bird flu suggests virus may be spreading between mammals in the wild
- Avian Flu strikes five more Bolivian commercial flocks
- High pathology avian flu detected among mammals in Europe
- Cuba detects avian flu among zoo birds.
- Peru reports at least 585 sea lions and 55,000 birds have died of avian flu in protected natural areas
- US to begin testing first avian flu shot on poultry
- Avian Flu spreads to new countries and threatens non stop ‘war’ on poultry
- Producers warned to brace for more avian flu this spring
- Argentina ups security measures as number of avian flu cases grows
- Cambodia reports 11 y/o girl death by H5N1
- WHO warns of growing cases of avian flu in Cambodia
- Avian flu outbreaks, why US health officials are concerned
- Six Asian states report more avian flu outbreaks
Be sure to review our backgrounder on bird flu for an understanding of what is going on, as well as a timeline regarding how we got here!