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How does a deadly chicken virus escape vaccines designed to slow it?
August 03, 2026
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 3 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:

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How does a deadly chicken virus escape vaccines designed to slow it?

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -A highly contagious herpes virus causes Marek's disease, a deadly illness that mainly infects chickens. While it does not make people sick, the virus causes tumors and paralysis in chickens and, if unchecked, can spread rapidly through entire flo . . .

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