Nikki Ikani

THE WRITER IS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY, AT LEIDEN UNIVERSITY AND KING’S COLLEGE LONDON

From early September to mid-November 2025, 1,444 infected wild birds were found across 26 countries in Europe: a quadrupling compared with the year before.
THE BROAD VIEW

Bird flu warnings are being ignored – and that’s worrying

This is how alerts collapse before catastrophe: Front-line observers spot something early, but the signal fades as it moves upward