Bird Flu Outbreak Continues to Spread
As egg prices continue to skyrocket due to the avian flu outbreak, egg farmers are having to invest millions of dollars in ...
USDA Admits Mistakenly Firing Bird Flu Officials, Working to Rehire Them
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Tuesday that it mistakenly fired employees involved in the federal response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak over.In a statement sent to Newsweek, the ...
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On front lines against bird flu, egg farmers say they’re losing battle
The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus has caused over 150 million birds to be killed in the U.S. and human cases have ...
US egg farmers worry fight against bird flu is unwinnable as experts consider vaccinations: ‘I call this virus a terrorist’
Right now, we’re fighting this virus with at least one, if not two, arms tied behind our back. And the vaccine can be a huge ...
Egg farmers fear they're losing battle against bird flu as human risk rises
Egg farms have invested millions into biosecurity, but their efforts have not been enough to contain an outbreak that began ...
Are consumers stockpiling eggs? What to know about egg shortage
Why is it hard to find eggs? Consumers are creating a shortage because of an issue that's both real and perceived, similar to ...
No crack in egg inflation as price climbs 15% in January, latest report show
Inflation rose 3%, according to numbers released Wednesday. But the price of eggs was up more than five times that due to ...