{"id":21141,"date":"2022-12-09T08:49:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T07:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=132450"},"modified":"2022-12-09T09:42:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T08:42:08","slug":"instant-genius-podcast-bird-flu-with-dr-alastair-ward","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/instant-genius-podcast-bird-flu-with-dr-alastair-ward\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Genius podcast: Bird Flu, with Dr Alastair Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Thomas Ling\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 09 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Instant Genius<\/em> is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this episode, we\u2019re joined by Dr Alastair Ward<\/a>, associate professor of biodiversity and ecosystem management at the University of Leed, to explore the recent outbreak of bird flu.<\/p>\n

This year, over 160 million domestic birds have died due to the virus, many in the UK. In fact, half of the country\u2019s turkey stock has been killed or culled.<\/p>\n

So, why has it spread so widely? What actually happens when a bird gets the flu? And could humans be at risk?<\/p>\n\n<div id=\""im-instream-video-con"\">\n<p>Find\u00a0<em>Instant Genius<\/em> on your preferred podcast platform here: <a href=\"\/\/instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Listen to more episodes of Instant Genius:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/space\/instant-genius-mars-opposition-astronomy\/"\">Instant Genius podcast: Mars in opposition, with Dr Stu Clark<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/genetic-testing-peter-donnelly-instant-genius-podcast\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Genetic testing, with Sir Peter Donnelly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/instant-genius-podcast-robins-with-helen-wilson\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Robins, with Helen Wilson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/future-technology\/instant-genius-podcast-the-e-waste-dilemma-with-josh-lepawsky\/"\">The e-waste dilemma, with Josh Lepawsky<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-what-the-nordic-people-can-teach-us-about-a-winter-mindset-with-kari-leibowitz\/"\">What the Nordic people can teach us about a winter mindset, with Kari Leibowitz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/future-technology\/instant-genius-podcast-how-our-lives-are-being-gamified-with-adrian-hon\/"\">How our lives are being gamified, with Adrian Hon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Thomas Ling Published: Friday, 09 December 2022 at 12:00 am Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this episode, we\u2019re joined by Dr Alastair Ward, associate professor of biodiversity and ecosystem management at the University of Leed, to explore the recent outbreak of bird flu. This year, over 160 million domestic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":21142,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/instant-genius-podcast-bird-flu-with-dr-alastair-ward.jpg",940,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/instant-genius-podcast-bird-flu-with-dr-alastair-ward-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/instant-genius-podcast-bird-flu-with-dr-alastair-ward-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/instant-genius-podcast-bird-flu-with-dr-alastair-ward-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/instant-genius-podcast-bird-flu-with-dr-alastair-ward.jpg",800,340,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/instant-genius-podcast-bird-flu-with-dr-alastair-ward.jpg",940,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/instant-genius-podcast-bird-flu-with-dr-alastair-ward.jpg",940,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Thomas Ling Published: Friday, 09 December 2022 at 12:00 am Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this episode, we\u2019re joined by Dr Alastair Ward, associate professor of biodiversity and ecosystem management at the University of Leed, to explore the recent outbreak of bird flu. This year, over 160 million domestic…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/21141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}