PM consults with National Security Council on disease that's ravaging wild and domestic birds in north, delivering what minister calls 'worst blow to wildlife in Israel's history'

Health writer Nathan Jeffay discusses fast-approaching Omicron effects; environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at a fowl disease affecting wild and domestic birds, green successes

Agriculture Ministry says it will kill 320,000 laying hens, in addition to the 244,000 that have already been culled in northern Israel in past week

Authorities expect to have to clear 25 to 30 tons of crane carcasses after H5N1 virus spread from northern moshav, where farmers failed to report poultry deaths on time

Sudden death of young child a month after coronavirus recovery had puzzled doctors; they now think he was stricken with myocarditis

Ministry stresses H5N1 has low rate of transmission to humans, but says it will 'provide preventive treatment to those defined as contacts'

41-year-old man admitted to hospital with fever symptoms in Zhenjiang on April 28 and diagnosed with H10N3 a month later, China's National Health Commission says

Scientists isolate strain's genetic material from seven workers at a poultry farm; none suffered serious health consequences

Agriculture Ministry informs World Organization for Animal Health that flock of 13,000 was culled after H5N8 virus found at Ma'ale Gilboa poultry farm