Almost 6 in 10 Americans who identify as Republican do not trust the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide reliable information on H5N1 bird flu, according to a new poll from health care nonprofit KFF.

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -Vaccine critic Dave Weldon, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will face rising measles cases and bird flu threats at an agency already in turmoil from staff cuts and public distrust over the COVID-19 pandemic.

The CDC has sequenced bird flu viruses from people in Nevada and Wyoming, and the Trump Administration has released a strategy for reducing egg prices

For turkey farmer Erica Sawatzke, Thanksgiving was going terribly. It was 2023, and while others were eating their turkey dinners, Sawatzke felt a pit growing in her stomach as her flocks seemed to be suffering.