Top Haunted Houses, Utah Fumbles Bird Flu Outbreak, Best Chocolate Chip Cookie

Could the bird flu at a Utah mink farm cause a pandemic? Host Ali Vallarta and City Cast Salt Lake contributor Cassie Bingham break down this outbreak and its implications. Plus, why Utah has so many great haunted houses and, in our members-only segment: Salt Lake City’s best chocolate chip cookie.

Resources and references:

• Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won’t Act. [ProPublica]
• Badger State dominates plummeting U.S. mink production [Badger Institute]
• Invasive 'yellow fever mosquito' found in Davis County for the first time [KSL]

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