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Epidemiologist looks at Trump strategies against bird flu

Season 2025 Episode 50 | 5m 54s

The Trump administration plans to roll out a new strategy against the bird flu. There are few details, but to bring egg prices down, the plan is aimed at trying to minimize the slaughter of chickens when the flu strikes a flock. More than 150 million poultry have been affected since 2022 and 58 people have been sickened by it. Geoff Bennett discussed more with epidemiologist Dr. Katelyn Jetelina.

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