The price of eggs at U.S. grocery stores has climbed to a record high, nearly doubling from a year ago, as outbreaks of bird flu have led to shortages by wiping out millions of hens. Eggs are missing from grocery shelves nationwide,

A commercial turkey flock of about 30,000 birds in Sac County was recently infected by a very contagious and deadly avian flu, according to state ag officials.

When President Trump took office, his administration instituted an external communications blackout across health agencies.

The firings of thousands of USDA employees included some who the department acknowledged were essential to bird flu effort and are being recalled

Firings of USDA employees who coordinated bird flu response were accidental, NBC quotes an agency spokesperson as saying

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,