Egg prices continue to hit records as Easter and Passover approach, but some relief may be coming
But there may be light at the end of the tunnel. The USDA reported last week that egg shortages are easing and wholesale ...
Study shows widespread H5N1 bird flu infection in cattle
A new study shows the H5N1 virus is likely more widespread in cows than had been reported. Since the outbreak was first reported in dairy cows last March, 70 people have been infected and one person ...
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The Latest on Bird Flu Research, Infected Cats, and More
No new human cases of avian influenza have been reported, and poultry infections are low so far in March. But infections in ...
RFK Jr. warns against vaccinating birds amid avian flu: ‘You turn those flocks into mutation factories’
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is advising against vaccinating poultry as American farmers ...
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Chicken meat prices hold steady despite rising egg costs
Consumers may have noticed the cost of chicken meat has not climbed in relation to soaring egg prices amid production losses ...
Trump administration offers public health workers $25,000 buyout
The Department of Health and Human Services is offering $25,000 buyouts to some 80,000 employees as part of the Trump ...
High egg prices drive travelers to bring prohibited eggs from Mexico, CBP reports
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reported a significant 36% increase in the detention of eggs at ports of entry for the current fiscal year, spanning ...
Livestock economist explains increasing price of eggs
The cost of eggs might have you reconsidering breakfast altogether. In a recent report, the USDA predicted egg prices are set ...
University of California4d
Your bird flu questions, answered
Avian influenza is not new,” said Mark Stetter, dean of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. “But what is new is this ...
From the Ground Up: Export concerns in the poultry industry
“Whenever we have an area of the United States that has a positive avian influenza case, those areas are quarantined, and we can no longer export that product, so it’s a very important topic ...
U.S. Customs in Texas has stopped more than 90 people from smuggling eggs into the country this year as bird flu ratchets up prices
There’s been a 29% year-over-year increase in detained eggs at U.S. ports of entry from October to February, according to U.S ...
The Poultry Site9d
Avian influenza is mutating, but antivirals still work
Researchers at Texas Biomed identified nine mutations in a bird flu strain from a person in Texas. Bad news: this strain is ...