South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry farms in the ...

South Africa is grappling with a resurgence of the H5N1 bird flu, following outbreaks on poultry farms in Tswaing and Mkhondo ...

Astral Foods Ltd., one of South Africa’s biggest poultry producers by revenue, will start vaccinating chickens against bird ...

H5N1 bird flu strain spreading to other mammals across U.S. 03:19 Cape Town, South Africa — South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two ...

The outbreaks hit an industry struggling from an electricity crisis. One expert said three recent bird flu outbreaks have caused losses of at least $25 million to South Africa's poultry industry.

In 1918, an influenza virus known as the Spanish flu killed over 50 million people all over the world, ... The pandemic spread to Asia, Africa, South America and the South Pacific.

Delft resident Fredie Blom died on Saturday morning in Tygerberg Hospital Blom was thought to be the oldest man in the world, although he had not been officially recognised. He has been described as ...

South Africa’s flu season: What you need to know ‘Sniffles? It must be flu.’ We often label minor illnesses as influenza, but the flu is far more dangerous, claiming thousands of South ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that threaten to create a shortage ...

The outbreaks hit an industry struggling from an electricity crisis. One expert said three recent bird flu outbreaks have caused losses of at least $25 million to South Africa's poultry industry.