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What Is Avian Flu?
Avian flu aka bird flu or avian influenza is a disease caused by a virus like COVID or the cold. The strain that people are talking about is a kind of bird flu caused by H5N1. This particular strain was first detected in the late 90s, around 1996, 97 in China. And since then, it's been spreading mostly through birds, through poultry.