California is at the center of the country’s egg mess. Here’s why and what’s coming
The average price of a dozen eggs has nearly doubled since last year and hit a record high of $4.95 in January.
Doge’s crackdown on health agencies fuels new pandemic threat
On Friday, more than 5,200 people were laid off at several health agencies. Of them, over 1,200 were sacked off the US CDC ...
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Urgent CDC Data on Influenza and Bird Flu Go Missing as Outbreaks Escalate
Delays in CDC analyses of infectious disease threats and agency silence will harm Americans, doctors and ...
Trump's drive to reshape government threaten bird flu response
As avian flu drives egg prices to record levels and increasingly poses a risk to humans, moves by the White House to cut ...
Bird flu takes a big bite out of egg farmers’ wallets
The egg industry has spent millions of dollars on measures to prevent avian influenza from devastating their flocks.
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Second surge in flu cases in Sonoma, Napa counties as officials urge more to get vaccinated
The volume of recent flu infections and related hospitalizations is higher than what Sonoma County epidemiologists have ...
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Arizona dairy industry grapples with workforce crisis, looming tariffs, and bird flu threat
The Arizona Department of Agriculture confirmed the first case of bird flu in milk from a dairy herd in Maricopa County on Friday.
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Milk from Maricopa County dairy cows tested positive for bird flu
A sample of milk from a herd of dairy cows in Maricopa County has tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, according to the Arizona Department of Agriculture.
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Can suspending a cage-free egg law solve the soaring price problem? Nevada takes a crack at it (copy)
Back when egg prices remained securely under $2 a dozen in 2021, Nevada joined several other states concerned about animal ...
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New study suggests bird flu is undercounted in the US
A study published Thursday by the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention suggests bird flu infections in humans are being ...
New CDC survey found undetected cases of bird flu in three veterinarians
It also could mean there are more “virus–infected dairy cattle in states where infection in dairy cattle has not yet been ...
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US eggs prices hit a record high of $4.95 and are likely to keep climbing
Egg prices hit a record high as the U.S. contends with an ongoing bird flu outbreak, but consumers didn’t need government figures released Wednesday to tell them eggs are terribly expensive and hard ...