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USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
USDA says it is trying to rehire bird flu experts the agency accidentally fired
USDA said it's trying to rescind the firings this weekend of several employees who had worked on the bird flu.
USDA rushing to rehire key bird flu response workers mistakenly fired in Trump purge
Firings of USDA employees who coordinated bird flu response were accidental, NBC quotes an agency spokesperson as saying
USDA tries to reverse mistaken firing of bird flu response workers
The department is trying to rehire the employees as avian influenza causes egg prices to soar and as Elon Musk’s DOGE makes sweeping cuts to government agencies.
USDA Mistakenly Lays Off Employees Working on Bird Flu Response
Several US Department of Agriculture employees tackling the bird flu outbreak were accidentally fired over the weekend, an action the agency is trying to correct.
The USDA fired staffers working on bird flu. Now it's trying to reverse course
The USDA says "several" staffers working on the bird flu response were terminated over the weekend, and "we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters."
Bird flu confirmed in rats for first time, USDA says
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.
USDA Admits Mistakenly Firing Bird Flu Officials, Working to Rehire Them
Emily Metz, president and CEO of the American Egg Board, told Newsweek: "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is absolutely devastating to those farmers—these birds are their livelihoods. Our supply is tighter than normal due to HPAI, and in some states more than others.
USDA accidentally fired bird flu employees and is now trying to rehire them
The Trump administration is working to “rectify" the termination of several employees over the weekend that were working to combat bird flu, the agency said.
USDA working to rehire bird flu experts
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Bird flu vaccine gets ‘conditional license’ from USDA, company announces
A New Jersey pharmaceutical company has received a “a conditional license" for its bird flu vaccine for use in chickens. An ...
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'Bird Flu' Has Been Confirmed in Rats for the First Time: USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in four rats submitted for ...