Bird flu confirmed in rats for 1st time, USDA says

USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
Bird flu confirmed in rats for first time, USDA says
The latest bird flu detections come as the U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to rehire bird flu experts​ that were fired as part of DOGE cost-cutting efforts.
Bird Flu Found in California Rats as USDA Scrambles to Rehire Scientists
USDA confirms H5N1 bird flu in four black rats in Riverside County, California amid growing mammal infections.
USDA rushing to rehire key bird flu response workers mistakenly fired in Trump purge
Firings of USDA employees who coordinated bird flu response were accidental, NBC quotes an agency spokesperson as saying
USDA says it is trying to rehire bird flu experts the agency accidentally fired
USDA said it's trying to rescind the firings this weekend of several employees who had worked on the bird flu.
USDA tries to reverse mistaken firing of bird flu response workers
The department is trying to rehire the employees as avian influenza causes egg prices to soar and as Elon Musk’s DOGE makes sweeping cuts to government agencies.
Fired USDA workers were 'boots on the ground' in bird flu battle
Federal agriculture workers laid off in "Valentine's Day Massacre" deny they were part of a bloated bureaucracy.
Uncertainty about bird flu effort after USDA job cuts that included mistaken firings
The firings of thousands of USDA employees included some who the department acknowledged were essential to bird flu effort and are being recalled
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.
USDA Admits Firing People Working On Bird Flu Was A Mistake
The Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that it’s trying to hire back fired employees who’d been working on the government’s response to bird flu ― a growing outbreak that’s caused egg prices to soar,
USDA working to rehire bird flu experts
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Why isn't the U.S. using a bird flu vaccine in poultry?
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is expected “in the coming days” to announce a new strategy to fight the escalating ...
Bird flu vaccine gets ‘conditional license’ from USDA, company announces
A New Jersey pharmaceutical company has received a “a conditional license" for its bird flu vaccine for use in chickens. An ...
Egg prices continue to crack record highs: USDA
Egg prices continue to crack new record highs, according to a new report by the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Avian bird flu detected on Crow Wing County farm
FORT RIPLEY, Minn. – A poultry farm in Crow Wing County is the latest in Minnesota with a confirmed case of highly pathogenic ...
Bird Flu Cases in Household Cats Spark Raw Pet Food Warning
Washington and Oregon warn of bird flu risk in raw pet food after indoor cats fall ill, leading to euthanasia and product ...