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Bird Flu

What is bird flu? How does it affect animals and people? Do I need to be worried? Vox tackles all of your questions here.

Eggs are pricey again. What’s the government doing about it?Eggs are pricey again. What’s the government doing about it?
Future Perfect

And four other burning bird flu questions, answered.

By Jess Craig
Why aren’t we vaccinating birds against bird flu?Why aren’t we vaccinating birds against bird flu?
Future Perfect

It’s not as complicated as it seems, but there’s one key hurdle.

By Jess Craig
How the White House just made the world a little safer from biorisksHow the White House just made the world a little safer from biorisks
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New regulations are a win for safe synthetic DNA.

By Kelsey Piper
No one wants to think about pandemics. But bird flu doesn’t care.No one wants to think about pandemics. But bird flu doesn’t care.
Future Perfect

A pandemic response that amounts to hoping and praying isn’t nearly enough.

By Kelsey Piper
Could bird flu cause a human pandemic?Could bird flu cause a human pandemic?
Even Better

Here’s what’s worrying experts right now about H5N1’s spread among dairy cows — and what isn’t.

By Keren Landman, MD
Why we keep seeing egg prices spikeWhy we keep seeing egg prices spike
Money

How corporate greed plays a role in making bird flu outbreaks — and egg prices — worse.

By Whizy Kim
The dairy industry really, really doesn’t want you to say “bird flu in cows”The dairy industry really, really doesn’t want you to say “bird flu in cows”
Future Perfect

How industrial meat and dairy trap us in an infectious disease cycle.

By Marina Bolotnikova
Bird flu is surging again on poultry farms. The US is normalizing the cruelest mass killing method to stop it.Bird flu is surging again on poultry farms. The US is normalizing the cruelest mass killing method to stop it.
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We failed to prepare, and now animals are paying the price.

By Marina Bolotnikova
Yes, bird flu is a threat. It’s time to take it seriously.Yes, bird flu is a threat. It’s time to take it seriously.
Science

13 questions about bird flu, answered.

By Benji Jones
A frightening virus is killing a massive number of wild birds
Science

Scientists have never seen anything like it.

By Benji Jones
Eggs are expensive for all the wrong reasonsEggs are expensive for all the wrong reasons
Future Perfect

If we assume eggs must be cheap, we can’t address the twin crises of factory farming and bird flu.

By Marina Bolotnikova
Can you get bird flu?Can you get bird flu?
Science

The H5N1 avian flu virus isn’t a major human threat today. Here’s what it’d take to become one.

By Keren Landman, MD and Benji Jones
Inflation is cooling. Why are egg prices still so hard to crack?Inflation is cooling. Why are egg prices still so hard to crack?
Economy

The eggs are expensive because the chickens are sick.

By Emily Stewart
Why egg prices keep going up while inflation is going downWhy egg prices keep going up while inflation is going down
Future Perfect

Bird flu is driving up egg and turkey prices — and killing millions of animals. Why won’t we vaccinate against it?

By Kenny Torrella
The horrific bird flu that’s wiped out 36 million chickens and turkeys, explainedThe horrific bird flu that’s wiped out 36 million chickens and turkeys, explained
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Bird flu currently poses little threat to humans, but it’s hell for the birds.

By Kenny Torrella
Biologists are trying to make bird flu easier to spread. Can we not?Biologists are trying to make bird flu easier to spread. Can we not?
Future Perfect

This research into viruses could help us understand pandemics better - or it could cause one.

By Kelsey Piper