Bird Flu Found in Rats for 1st Time, USDA Confirms

Bird Flu Found in Rats for First Time, USDA Confirms
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time, bird flu has been detected in rats, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed, according to a recent report. Bird flu, otherwise known as H5N1 avian influenza, was found in four black rats in Riverside County, California, where two recent poultry outbreaks were reported.
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
USDA to rehire recently fired staff working on bird flu outbreak
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will rehire the Inspection Service front-line employees it fired over the weekend so they can continue their work on the avian flu outbreak. These employees were fired over the weekend as the bird flu crisis has threatened more farmers and led the price of eggs to increase.
USDA Mistakenly Lays Off Employees Working on Bird Flu Response
Several US Department of Agriculture employees tackling the bird flu outbreak were accidentally fired over the weekend, an action the agency is trying to correct.
Bird flu confirmed in rats for first time, USDA reports
The latest bird flu detections come as the U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to rehire bird flu experts​ that were fired as part of DOGE cost-cutting efforts.
USDA scientists overseeing bird flu response are laid off
A quarter of the personnel working in nearly five dozen U.S. laboratories trying to solve the latest avian influenza outbreak have been laid off as the Trump administration reduces the size of the federal workforce.
USDA accidentally fired people working on bird flu. Now it’s trying to rehire them
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday that it accidentally fired multiple agency employees that were working on a response to the outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, according to NBC News. Now the agency says that it is trying to rehire those workers as quickly as possible.
Thousands more birds to be culled after suspected avian flu
A suspected case of avian flu is under investigation at a commercial premises in County Tyrone.
Northeast Ohio flock confirmed for bird flu
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