China bird flu virus outbreak articles
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USDA and China CCP lab are creating deadly BIRD FLU viruses as part of $1m collaboration
A letter states the research could threaten national security and public health. It involves infecting ducks with different viruses to make them more infectious. DailyMail.com asked experts if
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Bird flu may have killed THOUSANDS of penguins in Antarctica: Researchers suspect outbreak of deadly H5N1 virus is behind deaths of around 530
A scientific expedition last month found at least 532 dead Adelie penguins in Antarctica. Researchers suspect the H5N1 virus killed the penguins, but field tests were inconclusive.
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Bird Flu, aka Avian Flu, 2024: What To Know About US Outbreak
Earlier this month, a dairy worker in Texas tested positive for bird flu, aka avian influenza, amid an outbreak of the virus among dairy cattle. It's the first time this virulent strain of bird flu — referred to as highly pathogenic H5N1 — has been detected in cows and the first documented cow-to-human transmission of an avian influenza virus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's also only the second case of bird flu in a human in the United States. Is bird flu...