Mink are kept in crowded conditions, ideal for spreading a virus A mutant form of coronavirus found in Denmark has arisen previously in mink, scientists have revealed. The mutated virus ...

Mutations in coronavirus have triggered culls of millions of farmed mink in Denmark. Part of the country has been put under lockdown after Danish authorities found genetic changes they say might ...

A mutated strain of COVID-19 that spread on mink farms across Denmark is "most likely" extinct, the country's infectious diseases body the State Serum Institute (SSI) announced Thursday.

For influenza viruses, imperfection is a strength. They constantly mutate, producing new strains that challenge immune ...

A new coronavirus strain that has spread from mink to humans does not look as though it will currently stop Covid-19 vaccines from working, Dr Anthony Fauci has said. The top US government ...

A recent study identified 125 viruses in animals from fur farms in China, with 39 posing a high risk of human infection. The ...

A mink in Utah has become the first wild animal to catch COVID-19, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Monday. In the US, the virus has killed more than 15,000 farmed mink since August ...

It is a relative of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS), which can be deadly to humans. "That we now see that it jumped from bats to farmed mink must serve as an alarm bell ...

12,000-animal mink fur-farming operation have tested positive for COVID-19 and that the virus continues to spread within the facility. Adding mink to the prohibited species list would prohibit the ...

Covid-19 cull: Why I want to farm mink againCovid-19 cull: Why I want to farm mink again ...