5 h. ago Second US company recalls pet food as bird flu spreads to cats through tainted meat

Cats in two states tested positive after eating raw food from Wild Coast Raw, which issued voluntary recallAs the bird flu outbreak continues gaining force in the US, a second company selling raw pet food issued a voluntary recall after cats from two different households in Oregon contracted H5N1 from the tainted meat earlier this month.Two more cats in different households in Washington state have tested positive for bird flu after eating the same brand of raw pet food nearly two weeks after the recall, officials announced on Wednesday. One cat was euthanized, while the other remains under veterinary care. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Are egg producers inflating prices during the bird flu outbreak to boost profits?

Egg producers blame the ongoing bird flu outbreak for driving prices up to record highs

Economics

42 h. ago Berkeley’s famous falcons are missing. Bird flu may be to blame

Experts say that the beloved birds might have been felled by the virus as it spreads across California

Events

43 h. ago Trump promised to lower egg prices on ‘day one.’ Now his administration admits there’s no ‘silver bullet’

The Trump administration says they’ll spend up to $1 billion to lower skyrocketing egg prices as the virus continues to spread

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47 h. ago Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump's bird flu plan unveiled

The Trump administration believes a renewed emphasis on biosecurity can help in the battle against bird flu and ease egg prices, but the Agriculture Department predicts the current record prices are going to get much worse this year

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5 d. ago Backyard chickens: Floridians start raising hens to combat rising egg prices

Despite conflicting laws, a wave of amateur homesteaders have started keeping fowl in the spirit of self-sufficiencyKatie Whalen’s backyard in the Florida city of Port St Lucie is testament to her journey towards a life of self-sufficiency. She grows mangoes, avocados, starfruit, jackfruit and coconuts. She is cultivating a tropical tree spinach known as chaya.What she really wants, however, is a chicken coop and hens to provide eggs that are becoming increasingly unaffordable in stores. As bird flu worsens across the US and commercial suppliers struggle to keep up with demand, the keeping of fowl and production of eggs in home environments, has surged in popularity, and Whalen is keen to join the revolution. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding

Experts say current US outbreak is unlikely to end without intervention with further mutation of virus likelyA newer variant of H5N1 bird flu has spilled over into dairy cows separately in Nevada and Arizona, prompting new theories about how the virus is spread and leading to questions about containing the ongoing outbreaks.The news comes amid a purge of experts at federal agencies, including employees who were responding to the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Department of Agriculture. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Bird flu spreads to third property as farmers warn Australia’s egg shortage could be prolonged

Agriculture Victoria says H7N8 strain of avian influenza has been detected at a poultry farm at EuroaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA highly pathogenic strain of bird flu has been detected at a third property in Victoria, with farmers warning it could exacerbate Australia’s egg shortage in coming months.Agriculture Victoria on Thursday said the H7N8 strain of avian influenza had been detected at a third poultry farm at Euroa in Victoria’s north-east.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Dairy workers’ cats died from bird flu, but it’s not clear how they got infected

Two cats that belonged to Michigan dairy workers exposed to bird flu died after being infected with the virus last year

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8 d. ago Senators from both parties demand Trump administration take action against bird flu: ‘A new urgency is required’

The push comes as egg prices remain sky high around the nation, leaving consumers in the lurch

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8 d. ago Agriculture Department tries to rehire fired workers tied to bird flu response

The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers it fired as part of President Donald Trump’s broad cuts because they were involved in the government’s response to the ongoing bird flu outbreak that has devastated egg and poultry farms over the past three years

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8 d. ago DOGE embarrasses Trump again with accidental bird flu expert firings

ANALYSIS: The firing of bird flu experts while Trump’s team boasted about the federal response to the crisis was a misleading self-own by the White House

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9 d. ago Warning issued to dog owners over treat linked to potentially fatal ‘werewolf syndrome’

Food Standards Agency warns UK pet owners may have bought ‘unsafe’ bone chews online

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9 d. ago DOGE accidentally fired federal staff who were working to contain bird flu outbreak, report says

‘We know that work will make us better here at USDA. It will make us stronger, it will make us faster, and it will make us more efficient’ said U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins just days before the misfiring

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9 d. ago As egg prices soar, Trump administration plans new strategy to fight bird flu

With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instead of killing off millions of chickens when the disease strikes a flock

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9 d. ago Six more states join national milk testing strategy amid rampant spread of bird flu

Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and West Virginia, bring total number of states in the program to 36

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1 week ago White House scrambles to combat bird flu outbreaks and blasts Biden plan to ‘just kill chickens’

‘Why does it make any sense to have a big perimeter of dead chickens when it's the ducks and the geese that are spreading it?’ Kevin Hassett asks

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1 week ago CDC ‘disease detectors’ among hundreds of fired workers in Trump

Positions crucial to supporting public health safety were cut as the country reels from bird flu, norovirus, and other infectious viruses

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