An article published Thursday in The Guardian — under the headline “Most pregnant women and unborn babies who contract bird flu will die, study finds” — misrepresented the study’s findings, according to scientists who reviewed the study for The Defender.

As public health officials ramp up panic around a possible bird flu pandemic, The Guardian also reported that a “severe strain of bird flu known as highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) is spreading globally.”