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How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic

KFF Health News

billion into tamping down the bird flu on poultry farms since 2022, which includes reimbursing farmers who’ve had to cull their flocks, and more than $430 million into combating the bird flu on dairy farms. ” Rural health departments are also stretched thin. Already, the USDA has funneled more than $1.7

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How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

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billion into tamping down the bird flu on poultry farms since 2022, which includes reimbursing farmers whove had to cull their flocks, and more than $430 million into combating the bird flu on dairy farms. Rural health departments are also stretched thin. Already, the USDA has funneled more than $1.7