More than 500 dairy herds and fresh poultry losses keep egg prices elevated while researchers map new transmission routes
Disease & Biosecurity
Animal, plant and human disease; the slow catastrophes.
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H5N1 remains entrenched in US poultry and dairy: 500-plus affected herds across 15 states and ~15.2 million birds culled in 2026, keeping egg prices elevated. Human cases stay sporadic and mild; the CDC calls public risk low. Europe is diverging, with Spain easing poultry confinement. Research is mapping new transmission routes. Watch herd counts, any change in human-spillover signals, and egg prices.
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Animal / zoonotic
Human outbreaks
Antimicrobial resistance
Crop & plant disease
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