Who: The state-run Xinhua news agency in China and WHO
What:They are reporting multiple cases of avian bird flu and a few deaths. Also they are enacting bans on trading poultry and live birds, and in Shanghai, there is a mass killing going on of pigeons.
Where: In the Shanghai Region
When: This week
Why: To keep the strain of the flu from spreading
How: By performing a mass execution of pigeons and putting a stop to selling birds.
Connection to Heritage: Many students got flu shots last winter and quite a few students got swine flu a few years ago.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/10/world/asia/china-bird-flu-death-toll/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
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