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  • We have a mink problem: Birds aren’t humanity’s only bird-flu worry

    Mar 1, 2023 11:00 am by The AtlanticIllinois in the News
    graphic image of a mink. Daniel Zender / The Atlantic; source: Getty

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    The Atlantic (Feb. 28) –A bird-flu outbreak at a mink farm killed thousands of the animals. The good news, says U of I professor James Lowe, is that, 'we’re just not very susceptible' to bird flu, even when other mammals are infected.