birds flu: who gets it, how can it spread, and how can we avoid it?
There is currently an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou. The viral disease, also known as avian influenza, killed 441 hens from a flock of 641 on a farm. Over the last 18 years, Africa has experienced many epidemics of bird flu. Nigeria was the first African country to report an …