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Bird flu has already proven a disaster for humans ... At the Obama era’s idealistic outset, documentaries such as Food, Inc., and books like Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals did much ...

Bird flu is now believed to be widespread in Massachusetts ... They mayor said the city is monitoring all the water ways — ponds and books — and that animal control is out driving around ...

Vital Farms shows strong growth in revenue and earnings but faces risks from avian flu. Read why I’m not confident of investing in VITL stock now.

H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the country’s first human death due to bird flu, vaccination isn’t yet recommended.

Trump’s nominee for health secretary faced a group of bipartisan senators during the first day of his confirmation hearing ...

It might be time to switch from a big omelette in the morning to a couple of scrambled eggs as soaring egg prices are ...

They also insist the money doesn’t come close to squaring their books. Last winter’s bird flu outbreak forced Sonoma County poultry farmers to euthanize 1.2 million birds and destroy many ...

Also, a judge paused job cuts at U.S.A.I.D. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

Efforts to stop the spread of infectious disease have always suffered from a cycle of panic and neglect. Vaccine skepticism in the new administration brings even greater challenges.

In addition to Redfield’s warning last year, Dr. Michael Gregor wrote a book in 2020 in which he warned that bird flu hitting the chicken farming industry could take out half of the world’s population ...