Tag Archives: Avian Flu

Flu Type A vs. Type B

Lately, I find the flu capturing my interest. For a long time, I thought the flu was just the flu. Just another virus going around. But it turns out that there’s more than one type of flu… WAY more than one. The influenza virus is divided into three types: Type A: the most common version of the flu. It is also the most serious — the one that caused flu epidemics throughout history. Influenza A can infect people, birds, pigs, horses, and other animals. Type B: a milder version of the flu. Also to blame for epidemics in the past, … Continue reading →

Preparing for Bird Flu

The recent coverage of the possible coming pandemic of Avian (bird) flu has been wide spread. Many are frightened by the threat of this dangerous illness. Others do not seem to take the possibility seriously. This is a rather frightening illness, which does have a high fatality rate. However, currently it is not spread from person to person. You can contract the disease from the infected birds themselves. You can learn more about bird flu here. There are steps that we can take in order to protect our families from a possible outbreak of bird flu. One site that you … Continue reading →