Government officials in Benin, which borders Nigeria in west Africa, are warning local voodoo priests that they may be at risk of contracting bird flu during rituals in which they sacrifice live chickens. I admit that for me the...
Science mystery of the week: How did bird flu hop-scotch across the continent of Africa to get to Nigeria? Last thing any of us folks in the MSM (mainstream media) knew, it was in Iraq, after having been detected...
Update (Feb. 11, 2006): Bird flu reported now in Italy, Greece and Bulgaria. The map embedded in this BBC article makes me even more curious about how bird flu got to Nigeria? Science mystery of the week: How did...
First, a warm welcome to the neighborhood for Eye on Science—TIME's newest blog, which is being written by my friend and colleague Mike Lemonick. Mike has been writing about science for TIME for twenty years now, turning out some...
Avian flu continues its inevitable slow spread out of Turkey. Iraq is now treating at least six people with what health officials fear might be bird flu, although an initial report indicates the cases are confined to one Kurdish...
Welcome, Andrew Sullivan fans. It's been a week now that Andrew's incredibly popular blog The Daily Dish has linked to this site. I figure if you're still here, you're at least somewhat intrigued by what you're reading. I started...