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Bird flu 2022 kills millions of poultry in the US, causing egg prices to rise
- The worst bird flu outbreak since 2014-15 prompted the CDC to take precautions to prevent its spread to humans.
- The CDC says the current strain of bird flu is low risk for humans, with only one case in Europe.
- Egg prices in the US more than doubled in March after more than 24 million birds were killed.
With food prices rising rapidly, Francine Eubanks didn’t even know that a highly contagious bird flu epidemic across the country had suddenly come to an end. higher egg prices for her busy bagel shop.
But her clients, like many places across the countryis paying more for bagels, menswear, and cakes at her Bagel King deli in Deltona, Florida.