The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will spend $502 million to ensure its rapid response to any future bird flu cases as the country’s worst-ever outbreak of the virus levels off, the agency said Friday.
Bird flu has killed 58.7 million chickens, turkeys, and other birds across 47 states since January 2022, a record number in the United States, according to June 7 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
