Sales of chicken products in China plummeted recently during an outbreak of a deadly new strain of bird flu. From bird flu to mad cow disease, numerous food scares have made global headlines in recent years. A technique developed ...

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

Apr 18, 2013 not rated yet 0

Photos of 10 dead sparrows on a Chinese pavement which went viral on social media and drew a swift official response show how hard covering up a bird flu outbreak would be in the Internet age.

Technology - Internet

Apr 16, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

(Phys.org)—When viruses like HIV/AIDS strike in underdeveloped regions of the world, they often spiral out of control in part because there is no easy way to bring diagnostic equipment to remote areas so ...

Technology - Engineering

Feb 26, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Every day scientists learn more about how the world works at the smallest scales. While this knowledge has the potential to help others, it's possible that the same discoveries can also be used in ways that cause widespread ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Jan 25, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

Around 4,000 wild ducks have been found dead in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, officials said on Friday, blaming H5 bird flu for the mass deaths.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 30, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0

House finches avoid sick members of their own species, scientists said in a finding that could be useful for tracking the spread of diseases like bird flu that also affects humans.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 07, 2012 not rated yet 0

A bizarre spate of young blackbird deaths at a school in England was likely caused by the feathered teens getting drunk on fermented berries, crashing mid-air and falling from the sky, according to vets.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 03, 2012 3.5 / 5 (4) 0

The spread of disease between species is a "one health" issue affecting both human health and wildlife conservation according to a new set of papers published today by scientists from the Royal Society and ...

Biology - Ecology

Sep 11, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a way to 'barcode' viral diseases to rapidly test new outbreaks for potentially lethal mutations.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 13, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(AP) -- The U.S. government's biosecurity advisers said Friday they support publishing research studies showing how scientists made new easy-to-spread forms of bird flu because the studies, now revised, don't reveal details ...

Other Sciences - Other

Mar 30, 2012 not rated yet 6

A divide has emerged between the United States and the rest of the world on whether to publish or keep secret the details of an engineered mutant bird flu virus that can pass in the air between animals, health experts said ...

Biology - Other

Feb 29, 2012 not rated yet 1

The editor of the US journal Science said Friday he supports the decision of bird flu experts in Geneva to make public controversial research about a mutant form of the H5N1 virus. ...

Other Sciences - Other

Feb 17, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Bird flu experts meeting in Geneva on Friday ruled that controversial research on a mutant form of the virus potentially capable of being spread among humans should be made public.

Other Sciences - Other

Feb 17, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Four swans found dead in Massachusetts had the bird flu virus, authorities said Wednesday, stressing that the strain was not dangerous to humans.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 02, 2012 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the current issue of Science, researchers at Michigan State University demonstrate how a new virus evolves, which sheds light on how easy it can be for diseases to gain dangerous mutati ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 26, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 0 |