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The Biggest Outbreak of Bird Flu in American History
America's poultry industry is under assault as never before from bird flu. It's thought to have started with migrating wild geese, but nobody knows why it's spreading. So far, there's no threat to the food supply, but prices could be on the rise and the future is full of uncertainties.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenAmerica's poultry industry is under assault as never before from bird flu. It's thought to have started with migrating wild geese, but nobody knows why it's spreading. So far, there's no threat to the food supply, but prices could be on the rise and the future is full of uncertainties.
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Photo: Health workers pack dead chickens into trash bins at a wholesale poultry market. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters)
