Firings of USDA employees who coordinated bird flu response were accidental, NBC quotes an agency spokesperson as saying

The USDA National Centers for Animal Health in Ames is at the forefront of livestock research, foreign disease diagnostics and vaccine regulation in the U.S. It’s also feeling the impact of dozens of layoffs associated with the Trump administration’s purge of federal workers.

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.

An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

A New Jersey pharmaceutical company has received a “a conditional license" for its bird flu vaccine for use in chickens. An infectious diseases expert comments.

USDA workers who helped battle bird flu, laid off in 'Valentine's Day Massacre,' deny they were part of a bloated bureaucracy.

Politico did not say where the office is located. The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, which includes the National Animal Health Laboratory Network program office ...

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it was working to take back the termination notices sent over the weekend to several employees who aid in the federal response efforts to the bird

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in four rats submitted for testing.