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US Turkey Population Hits a 40-Year Low

And, store promotions aside, the gobblers will cost you more this year

(Newser) - Larry Doll raises chickens, turkeys, and ducks, on a small farm west of Detroit, and was fortunate this Thanksgiving season: He had no cases of bird flu, despite an ongoing outbreak that killed more than 2 million US turkeys in the last three months alone. He also avoided avian metapneumovirus,...

For Seals on One Island, a 'Bleak' Future May Await

Bird flu has wiped out nearly half of South Georgia's female breeding elephant seals

(Newser) - Nearly half of the breeding female elephant seals on South Georgia, a remote island near Antarctica, have died in a bird flu outbreak, according to a new study published in the journal Communications Biology . Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey used drones to survey the island's three largest breeding...

Canada Moves Ahead With Ostrich Cull After Court Ruling

Agency plans 'complete depopulation' at farm that has more than 300 ostriches

(Newser) - A Canadian farm's fight to save its hundreds of ostriches has reached the end of the road. After Canada's Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal Thursday, the country's food inspection agency said it plans to begin a "complete depopulation and disposal" at the British...

Amazon Offers Thanksgiving Meal for $5 Per Person

It's joined other retailers offering affordable meals

(Newser) - Amazon has joined other companies offering affordable Thanksgiving meals. The company is offering a five-person meal for $25, including an 8-pound frozen Butterball turkey, People reports. The company says the offer includes multiple premade side dishes, along with a choice of pecan, pumpkin, or sweet potato pie. Amazon says it...

Latest Victim of Avian Flu: An Endangered Whooping Crane

Wisconsin wildlife refuge confirms 'Ducky,' who was set to be released, has died of a strain of the flu

(Newser) - Ducky is dead. The International Crane Foundation announced Monday that Ducky, an endangered female whooping crane the foundation planned to release into the wilds of Wisconsin this fall, died on Thursday after becoming infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, a strain of avian flu. Foundation officials said in a news...

Well, Bird Flu Has Hit Waffle House
Well, Waffle House's
Egg Surcharge Didn't Last Long
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jul 5, 2025 10:30 AM CDT

Well, Waffle House's Egg Surcharge Didn't Last Long

Egg prices have come down, so the surcharge goes the way of the dodo

(Newser) - For those with a penchant for moaning about the price of eggs, you'll have to retrain your ire away from Waffle House. The calamity-spotting fast-food chain, which rolled out a $.50 surcharge on any egg-based menu item in February, has now rolled it right back barely five months...

RFK Jr. Pleads for Ostriches Awaiting Death in Canada

US officials back family in seeking to prevent cull of 400 birds exposed to avian

(Newser) - US officials have offered to assist a Canadian farm fighting to keep its flock of 400 ostriches alive, though a cull may be coming regardless. The Universal Ostrich farm in southeastern British Columbia was ordered to cull its flock after an outbreak of avian flu killed 69 birds in December...

Feds Pull Plug on Moderna's Bird Flu Vaccine

HHS says it's for safety reasons, but experts warn move could hinder US pandemic flu preparedness

(Newser) - The federal government is canceling a $766 million contract with Moderna to develop an mRNA-based vaccine for pandemic flu, including the H5N1 bird flu. The Department of Health and Human Services cited concerns about the safety of mRNA technology as the main reason for the decision, saying the technology...

Human Bird Flu Cases Are Suddenly Tougher to Find

Experts debate causes behind the drop in reported infections

(Newser) - Over a 14-month period, 70 people in the US were confirmed to have bird flu. But since early February, the number of new diagnoses stands at zero—leaving experts to question why reports of new human cases have essentially stopped. The AP chalks a lot of it up to...

Egg Prices Soar to $6.23 Despite Wholesale Drop
Retail Egg Prices
Hit Record High
Apr 10, 2025 12:33 PM CDT

Retail Egg Prices Hit Record High

Consumers have yet to see savings from steep drop in wholesale prices

(Newser) - Despite assurances from President Trump and other top officials, retail egg prices have hit a record high of $6.23 per dozen, up from $5.90 in March, according to the latest Consumer Price Index. The increase comes despite a drop in wholesale prices and no new bird flu...

World First on Bird Flu: A Sheep Tests Positive

Farm animal is euthanized in the UK

(Newser) - We can add one more animal to the list of those known to have contracted bird flu: sheep. Health officials in Britain say the virus turned up in a single sheep on a farm in an undisclosed location, reports the BBC . Avian flu, aka H5N1, had previously been reported in...

Amid More Cat Deaths, Another Pet Food Recall

California's Savage Pet is latest company to pull raw meat products as bird flu keeps circulating

(Newser) - A California pet food maker has recalled raw chicken products after they were linked to bird flu infections in two cats and suspected in a third in New York City. Savage Pet of El Cajon, California, this week recalled one lot of large and small chicken boxes because they may...

In Origins of Bird Flu, a Potential Red Flag
In Origins of Bird Flu,
a Potential Red Flag
longform
Feb 22, 2025 6:00 AM CST

In Origins of Bird Flu, a Potential Red Flag

Nautilus looks at how commercial poultry creates perfect conditions

(Newser) - Given the frenzy surrounding the effort to figure out the source of the COVID epidemic, a story by Brandon Keim at Nautilus expresses wonder that relatively scant attention has been paid to the origins of the H5N1 avian flu now circulating. (The one making eggs so expensive .) The piece...

Chickens, Prepare for Your Flu Shots

Zoetis receives conditional license from USDA for vaccines designed to combat avian influenza

(Newser) - As bird flu continues to wreak havoc across the US, killing millions of birds on poultry farms, sending eggs prices soaring , and even popping up in cows and humans , some good news for chickens: A vaccine against the infectious disease is on the horizon just for them. In a Friday...

New Strain of Bird Flu Detected in a Human

Nevada dairy worker has since recovered

(Newser) - A dairy worker in Nevada was infected with a new type of bird flu that's different from the version that has been spreading in US herds since last year, federal health officials said Monday. The illness was considered mild, the AP reports. The person's main symptom was eye...

Trader Joe's Limits Egg Purchases
Trader Joe's Limits
Egg Purchases
Feb 10, 2025 2:15 PM CST

Trader Joe's Limits Egg Purchases

Customers restricted to a carton a day amid surge in price because of avian flu

(Newser) - The latest entry in the eggs-are-expensive front : Trader Joe's is limiting customers to buying one dozen per day. "Due to ongoing issues with the supply of eggs, we are currently limiting egg purchases to one dozen per customer, per day," a chain spokesperson tells KTLA . The limit...

Fire at Commercial Farm Kills 200K Chickens

Blaze in Ohio is a further blow to the state's egg industry in a tough year

(Newser) - Ohio is one of the biggest egg-farming states in the nation, and a blaze at a commercial farm has made a bleak year even worse, reports the New York Times . The fire at New Madison Pullets in Darke County this week killed an estimated 200,000 chickens, per WHIOTV . "...

NYC Shuts Down All Live Poultry Markets

Move comes after avian flu was detected

(Newser) - All live poultry markets in New York City and some of its suburbs were ordered Friday to close for a week after the detection of seven cases of avian flu, per the AP . The virus has also hit farms nationwide, led to the slaughter of millions of birds, and driven...

Cracker Barrel Taunts Waffle House Over Egg Surcharge

'There's nothing hospitable about that'

(Newser) - Cracker Barrel is coming out of its shell, looking to poach Waffle House's egg lovers after the latter's move to introduce a 50-cent egg surcharge . "A surcharge on eggs? Well, there's nothing hospitable about that," Cracker Barrel said Wednesday, adding "country hospitality is as...

With Costs Soaring, the Egg Thieves Cometh

Someone stole 100K eggs worth $40K from trailer at Pete & Gerry's Organics in Greencastle

(Newser) - Eggs are a hot commodity these days, with prices soaring amid a bird flu outbreak that continues to ravage the nation's poultry. Someone just scored a whole lot of organic eggs in Pennsylvania's Franklin County, however—100,000 or so, swiped out of a distribution trailer in Greencastle....

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