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Bird Flu FAQ: What to Know About Avian Influenza
The percentage of people who had the virus and died from it in the 1997 outbreak in Asia may sound frightening. But in that outbreak and other outbreaks with high fatality rates, severe or deadly symptoms have occurred primarily in those who lived in close proximity to domestic birds and had limited access to medical care, Schaffner says. Generally, people…
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With Avian Flu a Risk, Choose Your Plant Fertilizer More Carefully
For years, gardeners and farmers have relied on one of the world’s most abundant resources to make fertilizer: animal poop. Animal manure is generally free and easy to obtain, either from your own animals or someone else’s. Harvesting animal waste for fertilizer has generally been considered a safe practice—most manure is composted before being applied to the ground, which means…
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