CDC Issues Risk Advisory on Dressing Chickens For Halloween, Biotech Chickens May Help

What do chickens have to do with Halloween? Well, according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the likelihood of contracting a harmful bacterium, such as salmonella, increases when dressing a chicken in a Halloween costume. This makes sense because any contact with a live animal, especially a bird, presents the chance for transmission of viruses from animal to human.
However, this claim caused quite the stir yesterday when news outlets incorrectly reported on the CDC&rsquo