Chickens are seen in a farm in Zouping, east China’s Shandong Province, April 1, 2013. China has closed Shanghai’s live poultry markets as more birds are being culled to prevent the spread of a new bird flu virus. The live poultry markets in the Chinese city of Shanghai were shut down after authorities banned the trading of birds to prevent the spread of the H7N9 bird flu, which has claimed... 

The H5N1 virus A man-made virus that could wipe out half humanity has been deemed a terrorist threat. And while the scientists behind the Frankenstein-flu hoped their research would help find a cure, critics fear they have developed the ultimate bio-weapon. When virologist Ron Fouchier and his team of scientists first “mutated the hell out of” the H5N1 bird flu virus and presented their findings...