From the perspective of viruses spread by insects, or arboviruses, making the evolutionary leap from insects to humans is a tough battle. Viruses cannot replicate very well in humans, which means ...
Yellowhammers, a conspicuous canary yellow farmland bunting, were once a common sight in the Isle of Man. But their numbers dropped drastically in the 1990s and from around 2010 they had become very ...
The UK Health Security Agency has detected a rare case of H5N1 bird flu in a person in central England. Despite acquiring the infection on a farm, the risk to the wider public remains very low.
UK chief veterinary officer, Christine Middlemiss, said: “While avian influenza is highly contagious in birds, this is a very rare event and is very specific to the circumstances on this premises. “We ...