WA set to fall short of immunisation targets as free vaccination period ends
Western Australia is set to fall short of the ambitious vaccination targets it set ahead of the flu…
Australians urged to get vaccinated as RSV cases set to surge
Australians have been warned as Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) cases are expected to surge in the coming weeks.…
Peregrine falcon carer prepares for avian influenza
Deb Carter’s hands are covered in poo and rodent guts every morning before the sun is up. The…
Bird flu detection training to be rolled out to SA conservation volunteers
Hawk-eyed citizen scientists will be trained in bird flu detection in South Australia to bolster frontline defences against…
H5 bird flu strain detected in Australian seabird for first time
The H5 strain of bird flu has been detected in an Australian seabird for the first time. Previous…
Bird flu has arrived after months of algal bloom, but primary industries minister says SA is ready
South Australia’s primary industries minister says the arrival of bird flu on state shores is a “huge concern”,…
Alex Antic’s ‘dangerous’ comments on vaccinations after bird flu detection condemned
Liberal senator Alex Antic has been roundly condemned for spreading “dangerous ideas about vaccination”, after suggesting the arrival…
How behaviour and biology decide the outbreak equation
The bugs that cause Ebola, hantavirus and diphtheria are microscopic, but many of the barriers to controlling them…
Third Australian H5 bird flu case confirmed in SA, another suspected WA case
A third confirmed case of the deadly H5 bird flu has been found in a migratory bird on…
Farmers face nervous wait as bird flu investigations and testing widen in WA
Farmers and producers across an enormous stretch of southern Western Australia are facing a nervous wait, as authorities…
Second case of deadly H5 bird flu confirmed in southern WA
A second bird found sick on a remote beach in Western Australia’s south coast has now tested positive…
Dead birds wash up on WA coastline as expert warns of black swan ‘wipe-out’ from bird flu
More than a dozen dead birds have been reported along Western Australia’s southern coastline as the state braces…