For the Birds

To lessen your chances of catching an illness from wild birds, you should always wash your hands carefully with soap or hand sanitizer after handling bird feeders, bird nests, birdbaths, or water infected with bird droppings. You should also keep away from touching bird droppings or dead birds. If you absolutely must move a dead [...]

The avian flu has become a threat to the human race, although it is not prevalent in every country. Currently, there are no effective means of fighting the virus if it becomes a pandemic. However, there are six things every person can do to avoid the avian flu, and to keep themselves healthy during the [...]

An exciting and radical new treatment is being proposed for victims of the bird flu.  Chemotherapy, usually used to treat immune system disorders, might also be effective in treating people infected with the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus.
A team from the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden, is arguing that new forms of [...]

There are several things you can do to help keep you and your family from contracting the Bird Flu.  Be sure and avoid close contact with those who are sick.  Also, stay at home when you are sick yourself and keep your family home as well.  Be sure to cover your mouth and nose when [...]

The bird flu can be deadly to birds and humans, because the virus is able to infect both. This virus differs from the human flu virus in many ways. Although the human flu virus is serious condition in humans, it can be vaccinated, and it is not usually fatal. On the other hand, the avian [...]

Like humans and other species, birds are susceptible to flu. There are 15 types of bird, or avian, flu. The most contagious strains, which are usually fatal in birds, are H5 and H7. There are nine different types of H5. The nine all take different forms - some are highly pathogenic, while some are pretty [...]

Breathing infected dust can transmit avian influenza and other transferable diseases; therefore poultry workers should wear respirators. Respirators that are equipped with filters or cartridges are known as air-purifying respirators. These types are the most sensible and suitable choices for poultry workers to wear when there is a chance they could encounter infected birds or [...]

When a human becomes infected by the bird flu, it is often resulting from contact with virus-laden respiratory droplets that are expelled during coughing and sneezing. Influenza viruses range in size from 0.08 to 0.12 micrometers and are carried in respiratory discharges that can be small-particle aerosols (less than 10 micrometers in diameter).On a farm, [...]

A pandemic could cause many problems for many countries. Most people would not have immunity against a bird flu pandemic virus. If the avian flu becomes a pandemic, it will infect millions of people around the world. The virus pandemic has the potential to cause severe disease, which will cause serious illnesses for many people, [...]

A virus is a tiny particle. Virus particles are about one-millionth of an inch (17 to 300 nanometers) long. Viruses are about a thousand times smaller than bacteria, and bacteria are much smaller than most human cells. Viruses are so small that most cannot be seen with a light microscope, but can only be seen [...]