US is '18 Months Or So' Away from Finding Bird Flu Vaccine, says Agriculture Secretary
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is "18 months or so" away from identifying a vaccine for the current strain of bird flu and is developing a process to distribute it, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday.
USDA has found bird flu in 8 commercial flocks and 14 backyard flocks so far this year, affecting 530,000 poultry, according to agency data.
More than 81 million U.S. poultry and aquatic birds have been killed by avian flu across 47 states since January 2022...
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