Good For Your Karma, Bad For Your Immune System?

Since the first appearance of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus in 1997, over 500 human cases have been reported--more than 60% of which resulted in death. Researchers are still trying to work out the many possible routes of disease transmission in order to decrease human exposure to the virus. This is not an easy task given how many wild and domestic birds may be carriers, and the variety of ways in which these animals may come into contact with both each other and the humans they can ultimately infect. read more

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