“New agriculture secretary working on plan to control bird flu, egg prices”
By Stephen Sorace
“The White House is working toward a plan to control the avian flu, which will help lower egg prices that have skyrocketed due to inflation and how the Biden administration “killed all the chickens” to contain the spread of the disease, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Sunday.
Hassett appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” where he said that he and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins are “working with all the best people in government, including academics around the country and around the world” to have a plan ready for President Donald Trump next week regarding the disease.”
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“USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them”
By Allan Smith, Melanie Zanona and Laura Strickler
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that, over the weekend, it accidentally fired “several” agency employees who are working on the federal government’s response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak.
The agency said it is now trying to quickly reverse the firings.”
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“White House scrambles to combat bird flu outbreaks and blasts Biden plan to ‘just kill chickens’”
by Gustaf Kilander
“”What we need to do is, have better ways with biosecurity, and medication, and so on, to make sure that the perimeter doesn’t have to kill the chickens. We have a better, smarter perimeter,” said Hassett.
The economic adviser added that it’s “the kind of thing that should have happened a year ago, and if it had, then egg prices would be a lot better than they are now.”
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‘Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders’
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
“… But the agency’s Epidemic Intelligence Service — the “disease detectives” who track outbreaks around the world — has apparently been spared, perhaps because of an uproar among alumni after a majority of its members were told on Friday that they would be let go.’
““It’s not canceled,” Elon Musk, the billionaire in charge of the downsizing, wrote on social media in response to the blowback about the purported dismantling of the Epidemic Intelligence Service.””
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/us/politics/fda-cdc-health-department-trump.html
“First Cows, Now Cats. Is Bird Flu Coming for Humans Next?”
By Sumathi Reddy
“Bird flu is here to stay. The H5N1 avian influenza is proliferating among U.S. cows and there are now two strains circulating among mammals and birds.
Though there are only 68 confirmed cases in people—largely dairy workers—public-health officials think bird flu is likely more widespread. Last week, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report documented three asymptomatic cases in veterinarians who took care of cattle they didn’t know had H5N1.”
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https://www.wsj.com/health/bird-flu-cows-cats-human-transmission-7adf14ec
“CDC Report Suggests Bird Flu Is Spreading Undetected to Humans”
By Tessa Koumoundouros
https://www.sciencealert.com/cdc-report-suggests-bird-flu-is-spreading-undetected-to-humans