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Health● ElevatedJul 10 · Jul 10, 2026, 4:43 AM

H5 bird flu detected in Australian seabird for first time

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Japan Today

Scientists have detected the highly contagious H5 bird flu in an Australian seabird for the first time, the government said Friday. Australia was for years the only continental…

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