eggs, bird flu

Could bird flu vaccines help tackle high egg prices? Experts say it’s not so simple
On her first day on the job last week, new US Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins held a meeting to review the agency’s options for controlling the bird flu outbreak and possibly help lower the price of eggs.
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. Customs and Border Patrol.
Is bird flu the only reason egg prices are soaring?
There is at least one winner in the current shortage, which began in 2022: the country’s biggest egg producer.
Bird flu: The viral threat pushing up egg prices
The Trump administration has fired about a quarter of the personnel at an Agriculture Department program that tracks the spread of bird flu, and has laid off some 1,200 employees at the National Institutes of Health—including many promising young disease detectives.
Lowering the price of eggs could start with a bird flu vaccine; experts say not so fast
WASHINGTON (TNND) — Could a bird flu vaccine help lower the price of eggs? According to The National Chicken Council, egg-laying hens account for over 77% of the poultry affected by the virus. But experts say it's not that simple.
Denny's increasing egg prices as bird flu causes prices to soar in the US
Denny's is the latest big name to increase the price of eggs on its menu due to the national egg shortage, with H5N1 decimating flocks.
Bird flu ravaged this farmer’s chickens. Now he says egg prices won’t come down unless the U.S. government steps in.
China and other competitors outspend the U.S. on public agricultural research, threatening America’s national security and global agricultural trade. I n 2022, I experienced som
Avian flu outbreak prompts cull of birds
A cull of birds is to be carried out in an area of Herefordshire following the confirmation of avian influenza. A 3km (1.8 ...
Erie County's flu cases set record for second straight week. First flu death reported
Erie County reported 1,087 flu cases for the week ending Feb. 14, the most since flu became a reportable disease in 2003.
Severe flu season: UM Health Sparrow doctors weigh in on the rising number of flu cases across the state
(FOX40.COM) — A high school student is dead after he crashed a car into a tree on Sunday, according to the California Highway ...
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'Brutal' flu season shaping up to be one of the worst in decades, health officials say
We're in the middle of one of the most severe flu seasons in a decade, as over 900,000 hospitalizations have been caused by the virus nationwide since October 2024, according to the CDC.
Long Island farm hatches thousands of new chicks after culling nearly 100K due to avian flu
About half of the newborn birds are female — with hens beginning to lay their own eggs at the age of six months.
Boston police detective, a first responder to Marathon bombing, dies of flu-related complications
A 51-year-old Boston police detective who was a first responder to the Boston Marathon bombing has died from flu-related ...
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Editorial: U.S. must address bird flu, egg supply crisis
The reason, experts say, is a combination of supply chain disruptions, an ongoing outbreak of bird flu and changes in regulations. In Washington and Oregon, for example, laws took effect in 2024 ...
Where has bird flu been reported in the US? See map of 70 cases
There are 70 confirmed cases of the bird flu among humans in the U.S., as of Tuesday. The CDC said the current public health ...