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Australia Confirms First H5 Bird Flu Case

Australia confirmed its first case of the deadly H5 bird flu on the south coast of Western Australia, with testing still under way on a second bird. While details remain limited, the confirmation puts Australia’s biosecurity apparatus on alert at a time when avian influenza strains have been devastating poultry populations and occasionally jumping to mammals — and humans — in other parts of the world.

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