Egg prices hover as bird flu tightens market for holiday baking
Prices rise amid a persistent bird flu outbreak and strong demand during the holiday season. The Egg Board notes short-term grocery shortages are being corrected, with October U.S. egg averages around $3.37 per dozen. The flu has slaughtered over 111 million birds since 2022, dragging output and pushing cage-free rules and movement of eggs across states.
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American Egg Board
Emily Metz
Egg Board
U.S
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Metz
U.S. Department of Agriculture
California
Cali
Fornia
Nevada
Washington
Oregon
Arizona
Colorado
Michigan
Rhode Island
Utah
Chad Hart
Iowa State University
Hart
Bird flu detected in raw milk sold in California store
California regulators recalled a batch of Raw Farm whole raw milk with a November 27 2024 best by date after detecting bird flu in a sample. No illnesses reported, but health officials warn against consumption and advise retailers to remove the product. The farm is in Fresno County and the issue follows a high profile human case in the U.S. The H5N1 strain is increasingly found in mammals, though pasteurization kills the virus.
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California
U.S
Santa Clara County
California Department of Public Health
Fresno County
State Health Department
United States
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
California Health Agency
Louis Pasteur
CDC
Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Donald Trump
Department of Health and Human Services
Companies broadening menopause benefits in health plans
A growing set of firms including Microsoft Genentech Adobe and Healthfirst now offer menopause related health plan perks such as paid time off access to knowledgeable providers coverage of medications and flexible schedules. Experts note rising employer focus amid research on symptoms and costs with studies forecasting more widespread coverage by 2025 and billions in annual costs related to symptoms and lost productivity.
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Microsoft
Genentech
Adobe
Healthfirst
Lorna Sabbia
Bank of America
Sonja Kellen
Maven Clinic
Mercer
Hugh Taylor
Yale School of Medicine
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Taylor
The
American Medical Association
Madelyn Butler
Butler
Congress
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