The risk to public health in Chester-le-Street is "very low", Durham County Council says.

Among those laid off were employees in a center that has played a key role in the response to the bird flu outbreak, according to three FDA staffers.

One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker. There have been at least 70 cases since then.

There is hope puffins have built some immunity to bird flu as one of the Farne islands reopens to tourists, the National Trust has said. The trust, which cares for the islands off the coast of Northumberland, said all seabirds remained free of bird flu in 2024.

Bird flu in cats typically causes severe neurological symptoms, including blindness and seizures, along with breathing issues and heavy discharge from the nose and eyes, often resulting in death, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive contact. “Holy cow,” says Thomas Friedrich, a virologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “This is how pandemics start.”

A warning has been issued after a confirmed case of bird flu was found in a wild herring gull. Devizes Town Council has urged dog owners to take care after the bird was found dead in the town with H5N1 Avian Influenza as part of ongoing surveillance work.

Bird flu has been detected in four dairy farms in San Bernardino County within the last 30 days; the first in the county since the CA outbreak in March 2024.