Bird flu strikes 1st child in the US — CDC says infection source unknown

Bird flu strikes 1st child in the US — CDC says infection source unknown

With this most current case, the U.S. has actually identified 55 overall human H5N1 bird influenza infections this year, consisting of 29 cases in California alone. ( Image credit: CDC/Science…

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Mass child sacrifices in 15th-century Mexico were a desperate attempt to appease rain god and end devastating drought

Mass child sacrifices in 15th-century Mexico were a desperate attempt to appease rain god and end devastating drought

A picture of the skeletal remains at Templo Mayor. (Image credit: INAH, El Colegio Nacional) A mass routine sacrifice of children to a rain god in 15th-century Mexico accompanied a…

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