by Mac Slavo | Oct 28, 2025 | Headline News
Germany has culled over 400,000 poultry amid a surging bird flu outbreak. Experts are concerned about the readiness of the world as it slides into another bird flu season. The Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) said current outbreaks resemble the severe wave of the...
by Mac Slavo | Oct 23, 2025 | Headline News, Health
Bird flu is once again making its way into headlines. Cambodia is currently tracking the H5N1 bird flu in a human girl, while China has seen an uptick in cases of the H9N2 strain of the virus. Last week, a 3-year-old girl from Kampong Speu province was sickened. She...
by Mac Slavo | Oct 22, 2025 | Headline News, Health
Seventeen people, ten of whom are children, are being tested for bird flu in Calgary, Canada, after an outbreak at a petting farm. Nine poultry cases of H5N1 avian influenza virus were detected at Butterfield Acres Petting Farm. All “symptomatic workers” at...
by Mac Slavo | Aug 29, 2025 | Health
For the first time in history, an American has been infected with the flesh-eating parasite dubbed the “screwworm.” The patient, who resides in Maryland, contracted the parasite while travelling. “The Maryland resident has recovered from the infection, and...
by Mac Slavo | Aug 14, 2025 | Member Exclusive
Rabbits in Colorado are being spotted with strange, tentacle-like growths on their heads. The tentacles are caused by a relatively common and harmless virus called Shope papillomavirus. Reports of these infected rabbits date back to 2024, when a resident posted a...
