Bird Flu Found in Rats for First Time, USDA Confirms
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time, bird flu has been detected in rats, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed, according to a recent report. Bird flu, otherwise known as H5N1 avian influenza, was found in four black rats in Riverside County, California, where two recent poultry outbreaks were reported.
USDA accidentally fired people working on bird flu. Now it’s trying to rehire them
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday that it accidentally fired multiple agency employees that were working on a response to the outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, according to NBC News. Now the agency says that it is trying to rehire those workers as quickly as possible.
Comedians and GOP Rep. Mike Lawler join Roy Wood Jr. and react to the news that the US Department of Agriculture is trying to ...
The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers it fired as part of President Donald Trump’s broad cuts ...
USDA said it's trying to rescind the firings this weekend of several employees who had worked on the bird flu.
A New Jersey pharmaceutical company has received a “a conditional license" for its bird flu vaccine for use in chickens. An ...
Firings of USDA employees who coordinated bird flu response were accidental, NBC quotes an agency spokesperson as saying ...
Federal agriculture workers laid off in "Valentine's Day Massacre" deny they were part of a bloated bureaucracy.
The department is trying to rehire the employees as avian influenza causes egg prices to soar and as Elon Musk’s DOGE makes ...
The firings of thousands of USDA employees included some who the department acknowledged were essential to bird flu effort ...
Pressure is building Rollins and the Trump administration to address the outbreak as Texas farmers remain on edge.
What to know about how to protect your backyard chickens and pet from bird flu and what experts say about its presence in ...
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