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Amid egg shortage in Texas, are backyard chicken eggs safe to eat during bird flu outbreak?
Properly cooking the eggs, keeping chickens separated can help reduce risks of getting bird flu from a backyard flock.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture talks to East Texans about bird flu, egg prices
As part of a series of bird flu roundtables across the country, the recently sworn in U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins made a stop in East Texas Monday to hear from local farmers.  KETK/FOX51 News covers East Texas,
Bird flu outbreak tests new U.S. agriculture secretary as Texas farmers remain on edge
Pressure is building Rollins and the Trump administration to address the outbreak as Texas farmers remain on edge.
U.S. Customs in Texas has stopped more than 90 people from smuggling eggs into the country this year as bird flu ratchets up prices
There’s been a 29% year-over-year increase in detained eggs at U.S. ports of entry from October to February, according to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
Is bird flu the only reason egg prices are soaring?
There is at least one winner in the current shortage, which began in 2022: the country’s biggest egg producer.
Could bird flu vaccines help tackle high egg prices? Experts say it’s not so simple
On her first day on the job last week, new US Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins held a meeting to review the agency’s options for controlling the bird flu outbreak and possibly help lower the price of eggs.
Lowering the price of eggs could start with a bird flu vaccine; experts say not so fast
Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center tells us, in an ideal world, a bird flu vaccine would help drive egg prices down. If we could vaccinate those chickens then they could survive to lay the eggs and then the eggs would get into commerce and then the prices would come down,
Bird flu kills 22 vultures in Hill Country, spurring state warning about virus
Texas Parks and Wildlife said the most recent infected birds came from Landa Park in New Braunfels. In total, 22 vultures ...
Texas Parks and Wildlife warns against spread of bird flue after disease found in black vultures
Texas Parks and Wildlife have confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in black vultures at Landa Park in New ...
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Bird flu: Wild bird tests positive for virus in Hays County
A wild bird in Hays County tested positive for bird flu. While Hays County Health officials say the risk to the public is low, one group has a higher risk of contracting the virus.
Bird Flu Outbreak Continues to Spread
As egg prices continue to skyrocket due to the avian flu outbreak, egg farmers are having to invest millions of dollars in ...
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As bird flu continues to spread, is there a vaccine for humans?
Previously, cows had carried the B3.13 genotype since bird flu spilled over to dairy cows in Texas in early 2024. The stockpiled vaccines are licensed and ready to be mobilized, said Dr. Paul ...
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Some people didn't know they had a bird flu infection, study of veterinarians suggests
The new study is more evidence that the official U.S. tally of confirmed human bird flu infections — 68 in the last year ...
Dead bird in Hays County tests positive for bird flu
AUSTIN, Texas — Bird flu has been detected in Hays County. The Hays County Health Department (HCHD) said they received ...
Where has bird flu been reported in the US? See map of 70 cases
There are 70 confirmed cases of the bird flu among humans in the U.S., as of Tuesday. The CDC said the current public health ...