Federal layoffs affect Wisconsin resources for bird flu, other animal health concerns
Head of state veterinary lab says cuts to federal employees will disrupt data sharing, coordinated approach to fighting bird ...
Backyard chickens might not crack high egg prices, but Chicago-area owners say they’re worth it
With egg prices so high and Chicago and many suburbs allowing people to raise hens, some are thinking about backyard chickens.
Backyard chickens might not crack high egg prices, but owners say they’re worth it
As Chicago-area shoppers hesitate to reach into grocery coolers when they see the price of eggs, Jim Irwin enjoys going out to his backyard chicken coop on Chicago’s Northwest Side, and Annie Lawson ...
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Mexico confirms country’s first human case of bird flu in a 3-year-old girl
A 3-year-old girl from the western state of Durango is Mexico’s first confirmed human case of bird flu, health officials said Friday. Type A H5N1 influenza has been ...
FDA bird flu testing efforts disrupted by RFK Jr.'s layoffs, officials say
Multiple FDA labs were cut amid Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s layoffs this week.
White House plans to use real eggs for the Easter Egg Roll, despite a strain on supply and concern over prices
A group representing American egg farmers said it had discussions about the matter, but ultimately, it won’t scramble its ...
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As bird flu wreaks havoc in the Midwest, researchers say vaccines offer a way out
Great Lakes farms have become a hot spot for bird flu, killing millions of birds and raising fears of a human pandemic.
Everything you need to know about bird flu
A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...