Human basophils, first identified over 140 years ago, account for just 0.5-1% of circulating leukocytes. While this scarcity long hampered basophil studies, innovations during the past 30 years, ...

The USDA has launched a $1 billion strategy to curb highly pathogenic avian influenza, protect the U.S. poultry industry and lower egg prices. Vaccines, enhanced biosecurity measures and ...

The federal government plans to purchase eggs from other nations as part of a five-pronged strategy, backed by $1 billion in funding, to combat a strain of avian influenza that hit in late 2021 ...

USDA reports a staggering 53% rise in egg prices over the past year, with expectations of continued increases due to avian flu challenges. In the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Price Outlook, ...

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the Trump administration’s plan for tackling the avian flu in front of state agriculture leaders at the National Association of State ...

The Trump administration is investing up to $1 billion in new funding to combat impacts of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and soaring egg prices. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins in the ...

Egg prices are through the roof, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the prices could continue to climb much after an earlier projection due to the highly pathogenic avian ...

A duck farm on Long Island has hatched a new generation of chicks — beginning to replace the nearly 100,000 mallards they were forced to kill due to the spread of avian flu. Crescent Duck Farm ...

It didn’t work. Three years later, highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, has spread to all 50 states. The number of commercial birds that have died or been killed exceeds 166 million and ...

Rollins said USDA will push for a new generation of vaccines and therapeutics, though she has not yet authorized vaccination of poultry for avian influenza. She plans to start biweekly meetings to ...

With concerns over avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, resurfacing across India, Telangana has ramped up efforts to safeguard its poultry industry. With cases emerging in neighbouring ...

Since late 2024, the avian influenza virus H5N1 has been spreading rapidly through wild bird populations, possibly spurred by fall migration. Waterfowl and seabirds have been hit hard, though ...