bird flu

A rapidly evolving strain of bird flu has killed a record number of people this year in China. Scientists are concerned about its potential to spur a global pandemic.

State officials are urging owners of backyard chicken to sign up their flock for bird flu testing.The state is trying to prevent an outbreak of a new…

Because of fears that lab-altered bird flu viruses could cause a deadly pandemic if they ever escaped the lab, scientists agreed to a moratorium on mutant H5N1 flu research eight months ago. Now top scientists in the field continue the debate about the work, publishing six commentaries for and against the end of the moratorium.

Export controls designed to restrict international trade in weapons are keeping scientists from sharing their research on the bird flu virus.

A government advisory committee has reconsidered its advice to keep certain details of bird flu experiments secret. Revised versions of manuscripts that describe two recent studies can be openly published, the committee now says. The decision could help end a debate that has raged within the scientific community for months.

Seems silly to talk about weaponized chickens, but that’s exactly the kind of talk world leaders have become afraid of.The latest debate raging among…

The scientific community is in serious kerfuffle right now about whether or not to publish the details of certain bird flu virus experiments.Angry words…