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Bird flu is spreading on farms. What’s being done to prevent it?
The Biden and Trump administrations have put billions into bird flu monitoring and prevention. But where is that money going?
Bird flu confirmed in rats for first time, USDA reports
The latest bird flu detections come as the U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to rehire bird flu experts​ that were ...
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USDA plan to combat bird flu includes almost $1 billion in subsidies to help farmers
The U.S. Agricultural Department has announced a new effort to fight bird flu. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Leah Douglas, agriculture and energy reporter at Reuters, about the $1 billion plan.
Wastewater testing helped track COVID-19’s spread. Bird flu might prove harder to monitor
Enter wastewater surveillance — a tool public health officials used during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor the ...
New USDA Secretary says she's focused on reducing avian flu, lowering high egg prices
Less than two weeks on the job, the new Secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Brooke Rollins is focused on the ...
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USDA lays out plan to address egg prices and bird flu, which impacted millions of Iowa chickens last year
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig applauded the USDA’s updated response to bird flu, emphasizing that poultry producers ...
Louisiana commercial poultry untouched by bird flu, Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says
Louisiana officials say the state's poultry farmers remain unaffected by bird flu. The key, experts say, may be Louisiana cattle.
Dare County reports first bird flu case in backyard flock
A backyard flock in Dare County has tested positive for bird flu, prompting the euthanasia of the birds to prevent further spread ...
Bird flu leads to pet food recalls as experts urge caution
A Washington company has recalled pet food products amid the ongoing bird flu outbreaks, as at least two domestic, indoor ...