The number of people with flu in hospital in England has quadrupled over the past month and is rising "at a very concerning rate", NHS chiefs have warned. Latest data shows there were 5,000 ...

Given that other mammals, such as goats, pigs, foxes and cattle, have been infected with bird flu, the case in a sheep is not particularly surprising, scientists said.

Bird Flu Found in Sheep: The H5N1 virus was detected in a single sheep in Britain, in what the government described as the first case of its kind reported anywhere in the world.

Hospitals in England are battling a “tidal wave” of flu as admissions increased by more than two-thirds in seven days, new data shows.. The number of hospital beds occupied by patients with ...

On the week commencing 29 December, there were an average of 4,469 patients with flu in hospital each day - almost 3.5 times higher than the same week last year - including 211 a day in critical care.

Poultry on a commercial farm in England have been infected with the bird flu virus, the U.K. government said Sunday. The H5N1 virus was found in kept birds in St. Ives, a seaside town in Cornwall.

A highly contagious strain of bird flu is infecting the nation’s dairy cattle. First detected in Texas and Kansas in March, the virus has spread to 168 herds in 13 states, and traces of the ...

The number of people with flu in hospital in England has quadrupled over the past month and is rising "at a very concerning rate", NHS chiefs have warned. Latest data shows there were 5,000 ...