Bird Flu

The deaths of millions of chickens and turkeys as a result of the spreading bird flu are forcing poultry prices to steadily climb upwards. According to the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, this is now the worst outbreak of the bird flu in United States history. The bird flu, which emerged earlier this year, is spreading […]

The H5N1 bird flu is a remarkably effective and highly contagious killer. So, how likely is it that humans will be affected and what can you do to protect yourself? In a recent study called “Identification, Characterization, and Natural Selection of Mutations Driving Airborne Transmission of A/H5N1 Virus”, a team of Dutch researchers at the […]