July 30, 2010
The current Swine Flu epidemic has caused a lot of concern over the possible repercussions since there is no viable vaccine that will remedy the illness. Swine Flu is actually, according to the CDC, a combination (or recombination) of pig, avian (bird) and either sheep or cow viruses. Somehow all of these separate viruses combined [...]
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July 21, 2010
The Avian Influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, is an infection caused by bird viruses, which are naturally found among birds. Birds usually carry viruses but the Avian Influenza virus is extremely contagious. Fortunately for mankind they have primarily made only domestic birds like ducks, chickens and turkeys very ill. Infected birds carry and [...]
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