Avian influenza (commonly known as “bird flu”) is a disease that typically affects wild birds, especially waterfowl, and domestic poultry. Human bird …
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U.S. will spend up to $1 billion to combat bird flu, USDA secretary says – NBC News
The U.S. will invest up to $1 billion to combat the spread of bird flu, including increasing imports of eggs, agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins …
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Save Our Seabirds casts net for new bird-trapping volunteers – Your Observer
Longboat Key is home to an extensive cohort of wild birds, from diminutive parakeets to towering herons. On occasion, those animals run into …
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Trump admin scrutinizes ‘kill all the chickens’ policy as bird flu ravages egg prices
The bird flu is ravaging poultry populations across the U.S., leading to a spike in egg prices.
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New Mexico Veterans Memorial closes due to invasive bird species issue – KRQE
The birds are not known to attack people but the city considers them a pest as a large amount of their droppings have left the grounds “unsightly …
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Trump, DOGE cuts to public health set off alarms as bird flu spreads to mammals – Real Vail
The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, known as H5N1, has killed millions of wild birds and has led to emergency culling of commercial flocks.
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Flea treatment-tainted pet fur lining songbird nests may be killing chicks – Chemistry World
These pesticides have now been linked to a higher chance of these songbirds’ eggs failing to hatch and chicks dying in the nest. Great tit adult bird …
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Why were geese found dead at a Sayreville park? – MyCentralJersey.com
If you find sick or dead wild birds, do not handle them. On Friday the state announced the confirmation of a bird flu poultry case in an unidentified …
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Bird flu: Two patients in US admitted to hospital with H5N1 as concerns over spread grow
… wild birds and poultry. The high level of cross species transmission has been alarming, both for its potential impact on wildlife and as it …
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Mass culling of poultry hasn’t contained H5N1 bird flu – Los Angeles Times
Wildlife and agriculture officials should ramp up their testing of wild birds to determine where the virus is moving and how it is evolving, he said.
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