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Bad Nose for Bird Flu (Scientific American)
[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.] With swine flu the big infectious disease story, you don’t hear much about bird flu these days. And you may not have to look past your own nose for the reason. Because a new study finds that bird flu viruses may have trouble getting a good foothold in humans thanks to the temperature of our noses. That’s according to research just published ...