avian flu
Farmers in the Midwest Are Incinerating Millions of Chickens
A vicious outbreak of avian flu has forced poultry producers to kill nearly 40 million chickens and turkeys since December.
Bird Flu Is Forcing Egg Prices to Skyrocket
Remember those 5 million sad Iowa chickens, sentenced to death to stave off an avian flu epidemic? Well, industry analysts are now reporting supermarket egg prices up 58 percent from just one month ago.
Millions of Chickens Have Bird Flu and Nobody Knows How It's Spreading
The governors of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa have all declared states of emergency in response to the outbreaks.
5 Million Chickens Are About to Be Killed to Prevent the Spread of Avian Flu
An additional 27,000 turkeys in Buena Vista Country, about an hour and a half away, were euthanized last week after the same virus was discovered in their flock. Although the culls may seem extreme, the virus is so deadly to birds that it can eradicate...
Monitoring Sick Animals in the Wild Could Be the Key to Preventing the Next Ebola Outbreak
Over half of infectious diseases originate in animals, yet early warning signs, like seizures or deaths in poultry or primate populations, are rarely monitored, say biologists in a new study.
White House Moratorium Bans Labs from Creating New Super-Viruses
The order cuts off funding for research involving 'enhanced' pathogens.
Hey Guys, We Should Chill Out on Eating Chicken
Thanks to record-breaking beef and pork prices, Americans are eating more chicken than ever—which sucks because the factory farms where our chickens are raised are creating the perfect environment for quite possibly the next pandemic: avian flu.
Much Ado About Bird Flu
Let's give bird flu research a rest for two months. This is the message released yesterday in "a short letter":http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/481443a.html by a group of scientists led by Ron Fouchier and Yoshihiro Kawaoka, two...