Raw Milk Enthusiasts Are Demanding Milk Infected With Bird Flu
The founder of the Raw Milk Institute and Fresno’s Raw Farm, Mark McAfee, claimed that raw milk enthusiasts are demanding milk infected with bird flu. Citing data indicating a “high viral load” of avian influenza in samples taken from diseased cows and a startling cluster of dead barn cats who had drank tainted raw milk, […]
FDA Preparing For Possible Bird Flu Spread Among Humans: Commissioner
Dr. Robert Califf, Commissioner of the FDA, stated that they are preparing for the possible spread of bird flu among humans, with one verified case already reported in Texas this year. The commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stated on May 8 that the organization is ready for the possibility that people […]
How Ron Fouchier Created A Mutant H5N1 Virus
A study showing that it takes as few as five mutations to turn the H5N1 avian influenza virus into an airborne spreader in mammals—and that launched a historic debate on scientific accountability and transparency—was released today in Science, spilling the full experimental details that many experts had sought to suppress out of concern that publishing them […]