H5N1 Policy

Bird flu needs to be a Trump priority, Democrat Sen. Tammy Baldwin says.

Thom Petersen, the state's agriculture commissioner, said the move was an 'important step in helping Minnesota farmers affected by these... diseases'.

A White House economist says they are working toward a plan to control the avian flu, which will help lower egg prices that have skyrocketed after the Biden administration “killed all the chickens."

The Trump administration has fired 25 percent of the employees in a small federal office that coordinates bird flu testing across the country.

The layoffs in USDA's National Animal Health Laboratory Network program office come as egg prices reach record high amid worsening outbreak.

If you’ve been to the grocery store recently, you know egg prices are through the roof (if you can even find any). We explore how a growing avian flu outbreak is frustrating farmers and hindering President Donald Trump’s plans to lower prices. Guests: Doug Corwin, President of Crescent Farms & Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business and Politics Correspondent Have a tip or question about the new Trump administration? Call us at 202-240-2895.

Spearheaded by National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, the plan prioritizes enhanced biosecurity measures and medication to control the spread of the virus and moves away from mass culling of infected flocks.

Defra's mandatory housing order covering large swathes of England has come into force, with farmers now legally required to keep all bird indoors.

Doge wreaks havoc on HHS and CDC as Trump seeks to grant committee sweeping governmental powers

68 sick farmers including one who died from H5N1 may be the "sentinel chickens" for the next pandemic but Trump administration says,  "What,  me worry?"

Bird flu taking mental toll on Ohio farmers, but resources available to help

Locals in China report deaths from H5N1, a strain of avian influenza, or bird flu. It largely infects poultry birds, with some cases in humans.

The sackings come as Elon Musk's DOGE pushes to downsize the federal government

All poultry farms in the UK have to follow strict rules set by DEFRA as cases of bird flu rise, but one chicken farmer worries this isn’t enough. | ITV National News

Senator Gary Peters, a democrat from Michigan, warned the Trump administration that its blackout of 'critical' health information could cause a 'deadly pandemic' from H5N1, or bird flu.

Kennedy, a vicious opponent of vaccines and public health more broadly, is rapidly fulfilling his campaign promise to “give infectious disease a break for about eight years.”

The Trump administration is set to eliminate thousands of federal health care jobs Friday, targeting employees across agencies who were hired in the past one to two years.

Nearly half of an elite US epidemiology program known as the "disease detectives" were dismissed by the Trump administration on Friday, according to sources familiar with the matter, dealing a blow to public health efforts as fears rise over bird flu.

A human case of avian flu was detected in January 2025

New bird flu restrictions introduced; some farmers want the Government to go further.

Andrew Muir says the measures announced by his department seek to further protect the national flock.

Experts’ concern grows as communication breaks down among federal agencies responsible for tackling epidemic

Delays in urgent CDC analyses of seasonal flu and bird flu, and the agency’s silence, will harm Americans as outbreaks escalate, doctors and public health experts warn.

Now that he has been confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kennedy must recognize that his performance is a matter of life and death on a population scale.

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Telangana has blocked poultry imports from Andhra Pradesh after a bird flu outbreak was confirmed in the East Godavari district. While Telangana set up 24 checkpoints at the border to prevent the virus from spreading, authorities in Andhra Pradesh sealed a poultry farm, culled 1,500 chickens, and declared a red zone.

Minister Martin Heydon has introduced a compulsory housing order for poultry and captive birds, to protect them from the risk of bird flu.

In the U.S., bird flu is spreading rapidly on poultry and dairy farms—and data censorship could pose risks to combating it, experts say.

Will our efforts against H5N1 bind us to a Sisyphean-like struggle of fighting outbreak after outbreak?

Pork producers urged to tighten and adhere to biosecurity protocols of their operations, including rodent and bird control.