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Bird flu has also caused egg prices to skyrocket, and an outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicting egg prices will increase about 20% within the year, compared with a predicted 2. ...
Bird flu cases are still rising in the U.S. as the virus continues to devastate poultry farms. More than 145 million chickens, ducks, turkeys and other fowl have been slaughtered across the United ...
A newly released map from Newsweek, leveraging data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), sheds light on the extent of bird flu outbreaks in poultry flocks across the country since 2022.
New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...
CDC data indicates that 37 of the U.S.'s human bird flu cases are linked to exposure to cattle, 21 to poultry and two from unknown sources—not counting the Louisiana case.
Despite Arizona reporting two probable human cases of bird flu, health officials say that the risk to the public is very low. Arizona health officials announced on Dec. 6 that two workers in Pinal ...
The growing warnings about the avian flu, also known as H5N1 or H5N9 flu, have led the public to question whether the infection can be spread to humans through eating eggs or chicken. Here's what ...
Despite Arizona reporting two probable human cases of bird flu, health officials say that the risk to the public is very low. Arizona health officials announced on Dec. 6 that two workers in Pinal ...
While bird flu has been around for decades, the discovery in 2024 that the deadly pathogen spread from a wild bird to a cow came as a surprise to virus watchers, according to news officials.In ...
Bird flu outbreaks have forced tens of millions of chickens to be culled across nine states over the past year as more hotspots continue to emerge. So far, the Department of Agriculture has ...
Last year, bird flu killed more than 40 million egg-laying birds. Including ducks and chickens, 148 million birds have been ordered euthanized since H5N1 began spreading around the U.S. in 2022 ...
A newly released map from Newsweek, leveraging data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), sheds light on the extent of bird flu outbreaks in poultry flocks across the country since 2022 ...