Bird Flu or Avian Flu
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Noman Khan
What is bird Flu?Avian flu is caused by a form of influenza virus that usually only infects birds and sometimes infects pigs. The few people who have become sick or died from the bird flu had direct contact with infected birds.Like the flu that affects humans, there are lots of different strains (varieties) of bird flu. Some only cause mild symptom ...
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Health Headlines - March 17
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Meredy
Happy St. Patrick's Day! FDA Approves Drug for Rare Blood DisorderThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it's approved a first-of-its-kind drug to treat a rare blood disorder called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), which can cause disability and premature death.The newly approved drug, Soliris (eculizumab), is a new molec ...
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Health Headlines - March 18
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Meredy
60 Million Units of Pet Food Recalled After Unexplained Kidney Failure ReportsA Canadian manufacturer of pet foods marketed under a number of popular brand names in North America is recalling 60 million containers of its "wet" cat and dog food because of unexplained kidney failure and some reported deaths.The Associated Press reports that ...
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Health Headlines - March 19
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Meredy
60 Million Units of Pet Food Recalled After Unexplained Kidney Failure ReportsA Canadian manufacturer of pet foods marketed under a number of popular brand names in North America is recalling 60 million containers of its "wet" cat and dog food because of unexplained kidney failure and some reported deaths.The Associated Press reports that ...
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Health Headlines - June 13
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Meredy
Stem Cell Growth Genetic Material Discovered The reason that stem cells' ability to regenerate long after other cells have stopped may be in a genetic substance discovered by scientists at Northwestern University and the University of Washington. The researchers published their findings in last week's online edition of the journal Nature, and conc ...
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Health Headlines - June 12
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Meredy
New Avian Flu Outbreaks in China Kill Migratory Birds Health officials who have been monitoring the spread of the so-called avian flu in Asia have new cause for alarm, according to the New York Times The newspaper reports that two new outbreaks of the disease that affects many bird species have been found in waterfowl that migrate. This indicates ...
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Birds, Birds, BIRDS!!!
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Jaime Wallace
I am not a huge fan of birds. But this year has brought us some very special visitors at the lake. It has been kinda fun to watch them come and go. There has been a Loon family that comes by for a visit. From what I have been told, Loon's in our area have been hard to come by. They make a very unique sound so we always know when they outside s ...
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Birds
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Polar Bear
I'm not a great artist, but I find drawing and colouring somewhat therapeutic. I've tried doing a water colour painting as well over the last couple days, but it's not turning out well at all. This drawing was done in water colour pencils, even though I didn't really use the "water colour" part. It's just a colour pencil piece. I've done a simi ...
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Birds.
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mommy~dearest
Jaysen explained that the bird in the foreground is "tweeting", and the bird in the back is "mad".Note the bird house on the tree has "in" and "out" doors.Love it.
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Birds
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Greg T.
Beth has been trying to get this birds picture for a few weeks and finally got it today. The storm took most of the sunflowers but I still have a few plants. These little yellow and black birds love to eat the sunflower seeds. It's nice to sit in the kitchen and watch three or four of these birds eating sunflower seeds. Does anyone know what type ...
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