Editor’s Note (7/15/25): This story was updated after posting to remove outdated references. Bird flu briefly blew up egg prices and has killed millions of chickens around the country. Most of these ...

A nationwide egg shortage has sent prices soaring at your local grocery store—and the culprit is H5N1 bird flu. The virus has infected poultry flocks in every US state, with more than 166 million ...

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