Items Tagged with 'avian influenza'

Higher prices for eggs helped drive a 0.3% increase in the cost of groceries in December. Beef prices rose 0.5%, while chicken and pork prices were 0.3% higher.

A person in Louisiana who contracted a severe case of avian influenza last month died Monday, marking the first case of a death in the U.S. following contraction of the virus. 

An individual in Louisiana has become the first patient hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1, and in another development Gov. Gavin Newsom declared an emergency in California's avian flu outbreak to expand the state's response. 

Agri-Pulse is hosting a webinar on July 11 at 1 p.m. EDT that’s focused on what can be done to protect against highly pathogenic avian influenza and other zoonotic diseases that have the potential to disrupt not only our food supply but the entire agriculture economy.

The list of states reporting highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy herds has grown to a dozen with Friday's announcement by Wyoming of a detection there.

Supermarket prices rose 0.1% in September as the increased cost of beef, pork and milk masked price declines in many other products. It was the smallest increase in the cost of eating at home since June.

Supermarket prices were flat in June, as the falling cost of dairy products helped offset some increases in beef and chicken prices.

Supermarket prices rose another 0.3% last month, driven in part by jumps in the cost of beef and pork, but food inflation continues to ease from the spikes shoppers saw in 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.