Bird Flu Returns, and This Time It's Mutated (Time Magazine)

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During the last couple of flu seasons, we were all worried about H1N1, a new and

virulent strain of influenza, but this winter we may have to contend with a much

deadlier foe: H5N1, or bird flu. Some Asian countries are reporting this week

the first cases of a mutant strain of the virus spreading in poultry.

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Monday that the

H5N1 virus has mutated, something that public health officials had feared would

happen and that could possibly make the virus more dangerous to people...

http://healthland.time.com/2011/08/30/its-back-bird-flu-returns-and-this-time-it\

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