Food truck offering ‘seagull insurance’ with meals to cover thieving birds
A food truck in the UK is offering its customers “sea gull insurance” with their meals in case the pesky birds happen to take off with their food. Hawkins BBQ …
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Woman with three emotional-support parrots scores $165G in NYC co-op battle
Polly wanna $165,000. A bird-brained Gramercy Park co-op board that evicted a resident over her three emotional-service parrots has to shell out the whopping amount to her — and buy …
Calling all birders! Amateurs asked to help spot 126 ‘lost’ bird species – National
Paging all bird enthusiasts: Researchers need your help solving a long list of mysteries — namely, what has happened to 126 species of birds and, most importantly, if they even …
WHO confirms first human death from bird flu H5N2
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported a confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N2) virus detected in a resident in Mexico. This is said to be the …
Death of Mexican man linked to bird flu strain that’s new in humans
By Riley Griffin and Jessica Nix | Bloomberg A man in Mexico died after contracting a strain of bird flu that hasn’t been confirmed in humans before, the World Health …
Five things that can kill your feathered friends
Birds bring a delightful chirp and a touch of the exotic into our lives. But these beautiful creatures require specific care to thrive. Unfortunately, some seemingly harmless things in our …
Bird flu is bad for poultry and dairy cows. It’s not a dire threat for most of us — yet
Amy Maxmen | (TNS) KFF Health News Headlines are flying after the Department of Agriculture confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has infected dairy cows around the country. Tests …
WHO allays fear over human-to-human transmission of H5N1bird flu
The UN health agency, World Health organisation (WHO), says the H5NI avian influenza virus has so far shown no signs of adapting to allow human-to-human transmission. So far, one human …
Bird flu’s disturbing new turn into cattle
U.S. health officials are closely monitoring the recent leap of avian flu from birds to cattle — and earlier this month, to a Texas dairy farmer. The Centers for Disease …
Remnants of bird flu virus found in pasteurized milk, FDA says
By JONEL ALECCIA | AP Health Writer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that samples of pasteurized milk had tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus …