NSTleader: Of birds and flu

THE much-dreaded H5N1 avian influenza virus is fast spreading from birds to herds of cattle to cats, and most worryingly, to humans. As of this week, five out of nine people infected in the United States — five poultry workers and four dairy farm hands — were confirmed to have contracted avian flu by the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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