Sky-high egg prices have drawn renewed attention to the bird flu outbreak, which has caused more than 166 million wild and ...

The USDA reported that egg shortages are easing, with no major bird-flu outbreak for two weeks. But increased holiday demand ...

Egg-laying facilities can house a million chickens ... and intensive food animal production drives outbreaks forward. Wild birds and other intermediary animals are the spark, but farms can be ...

He has 900 laying hens for eggs and 700 broiler chickens — or ... make them more susceptible to coming into contact with wild birds that could be carrying the avian (bird) flu.

recognizing that wild birds are a leading cause of the spread of this virus and pose a great and ongoing threat to egg-laying flocks,” she said. Advocacy groups and others have also called for a ...