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All Flu Is Bird Flu: Scientists

... even swine flu

By Mat Probasco,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 28, 2009 3:44 PM CDT

(Newser) – People, pigs, and birds aren’t alone in their influenza woes. Horses, whales, and seals catch the virus, but scientists think all flu is actually avian flu, explains Brian Palmer in Slate. Birds carry each of the 144 types of influenza, which is able to...   Read full story »

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