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With Bird Flu, the Chickens Have Come Home to Roost
In Albert Camus’ novel, The Plague, set in the French Algerian town of Oran, rats one day begin showing up dead on residents’ ...
Capitalism vs. the bird flu
The bird flu is about much more than egg prices, and it’s an open question whether industry or policy can slow the spread.
South Dakota News Watch2d
Bird flu in SD: Millions of birds dead, worry shifting to humans
Turkeys, cattle, cats and pheasants in South Dakota have been infected with bird flu. Scientists worry: Is a large human ...
Government on high alert as deadly bird flu jumps species AGAIN - after first human death in US
The case was identified in Yorkshire during routine surveillance on a premises where avian influenza had been confirmed in ...
Bird flu has decimated flocks — but not at San Diego zoos. Here’s how they keep condors, penguins and more safe.
These days, carnivorous birds like endangered California condors and animals like tigers are enjoying a higher grade of beef ...
Bird flu is hitting the U.S. hard. Now, migratory birds are flying north
COVID-19, scientists are watching another virus warily: H5N1. It’s been circulating widely in the U.S. — and now, wild birds ...
fbcnews9d
US reports first outbreak of deadly H7N9 bird flu since 2017
The H7N9 bird flu virus has proved to have a high death rate for humans worldwide killing 616 people, or 39%, of the 1,568 ...
Scientific American13d
How to Protect Pets and Backyard Chickens from Bird Flu
As bird flu outbreaks continue to affect animals, experts answer questions about keeping pets and their owners healthy ...
EL PAÍS English14d
Inside Antarctica’s plague-infested penguin colonies
A team from EL PAÍS joins the Spanish expedition which has detected the spread of deadly avian flu among Antarctic fauna ...
KTVU14d
Bird flu solution: Vaccinate chickens or slaughter every infected flock?
Like with other diseases, properly cooking chicken to 165 degrees Fahrenheit will kill bird flu, but the industry and chicken buyers don't want it there at all. For meat chicken, known as broilers ...