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The Frightening Story Of A Man Who Bought A Chicken And Then Died Of Bird Flu
Chickens are pictured on the floor of a food market in downtown Shanghai, April 5, 2013. Chinese au…
Jennifer Welsh
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Taiwanese Woman Sickened By Bird Flu Virus Never Before Seen In Humans
While one Taiwanese woman getting sick doesn't seem like something to worry about, we never know wh…
Jennifer Welsh
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The world is taking precautions to prevent another bird flu epidemic - here's what you need to know
Transmission to humans is rare, but it can happen. People who catch it usually have had direct cont…
Lindsay Dodgson
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A Hospital Employee Broke The H7N9 Bird Flu News Over China's Twitter
And on March 6, someone posted on Weibo, "Ask the hospital to tell the truth." The anonymous postin…
Jennifer Welsh
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Officials Fear That H7N9 Bird Flu Is Spreading From Person To Person
"The diversity we see in these first few samples from China is as great as the diversity we have se…
Jennifer Welsh
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More People Have Died From China's New Bird Flu
While the number of infected and dead keep rising, there aren't signs yet that the virus has mutate…
Jennifer Welsh
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China's Bird Flu Problem Is Getting Worse
The virus took its first victims in early March. This is the first time that the H7N9 flu strain ha…
Jennifer Welsh
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China Battles Bird Flu With Spray And Mass Slaughters [PHOTOS]
Laurie Garrett, senior editor for the Council on Foreign Relations, pointed out on Twitter that eve…
Dina Spector
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There Is A Worrying Sign That The New Bird Flu May Spread Between Humans
Science writer Ed Yong said on Twitter that this news is a "potential catastrophe." We agree. This …
Jennifer Welsh
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New Strain Of Bird Flu Kills Two In China
An 87-year-old man in Shanghai fell ill on February 19 and died on March 4, while a man aged 27 in …
Agence France Presse
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Over 7 million turkeys and chickens euthanized in Midwest this year from bird flu outbreak
"At this stage, the economic impact is to the farmers who are losing birds," Simon Shane, a poultry…
Elizabeth Whitman
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How The Deadly New Bird Flu Is Spreading Across China
Unlike H5N1, birds can be infected with the H7N9 virus and show no symptoms. Since officials don't …
Dina Spector
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Who is Marc Siegel, the doctor who will inspect President Trump on Fox News?
Siegel has praised President Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic, and he conducted the "person,…
Jake Lahut
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Taiwan Confirms First Case Of New Bird Flu Outside China
The 53-year-old man, who had been working in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou, showed symptoms th…
Agence France Presse
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The New Bird Flu In China Is Creating A SARS-Like Scare
Since SARS, the central government has stepped up efforts to prevent local authorities from trying …
The Economist
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The New Bird Flu Could Be Way More Widespread Than Tests Are Showing
This is especially important for the 520 people that the WHO is monitoring for infection. These peo…
Jennifer Welsh
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This Map Shows The Spread Of A Deadly New Bird Flu Strain Terrifying Everyone In China
H7N9 is almost certainly under-reported — the symptoms described by the World Health Organization (…
Adam Taylor
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New Chinese Bird Flu Never Infected Humans Until Now
One of the men who died has two sons who suffered from acute pneumonia, one of whom died, the Assoc…
Adam Taylor
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A Brand New Hybrid Bird Flu In China Has Scientists Worried
An increase in new bird flu viruses being detected in humans could be a result of the Chinese gover…
Jennifer Welsh
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China Reports Third New Bird Flu Strain To Jump To Humans This Year
This could be because the Chinese government has increased surveillance for avian flu infections af…