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Bird Flu 101: Decoding Transmission, Symptoms and Prevention Against the Avian Influenza

Bird Flu 101: Decoding Transmission, Symptoms and Prevention Against the Avian Influenza: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty Bird flu, also known as avian influenza (AI), is a zoonotic viral ...
Forbes

Bird Flu Outbreak Fueled By Wind

The price of eggs is going up as highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza spreads in the U.S. and continues to pose serious threats to poultry farms worldwide. In just the past 30 days, no fewer ...
Medscape

Avian Influenza: High Mortality but Inefficient Person-to-Person Spread - So Far

Avian influenza A (H5N1) virus has spread in bird populations in Asia; in 2004, it infected at least 44 humans, killing 32. Three recent studies provide new information about its spread in human ...
Reuters

Bird flu spreads to mammals, fears of human transmission

March 24 (Reuters) - Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns that it may lead to ...
Rolling Out

How your cat can contract bird flu without seeing a bird

Recent revelations about the transmission of bird flu between humans and cats have prompted increased attention from health authorities and pet owners alike. A study published in the Morbidity and ...
Medscape

Avian Influenza: What Infectious Disease Physicians Need to Know

Avian influenza A viruses, particularly the H5N1 subtype, continue to grab headlines — raising concerns for the public who is likely leery of another pandemic. Yet many infectious disease experts ...
Food & Wine

The Bird Flu Could Be Way Worse Than We Know, According to Experts

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...