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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Bird Flu Was Found in Chickens at the Largest U.S. Egg Producer [Watch (HLS stream): Bird Flu Was Found in Chickens at the Largest U.S. Egg Producer](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PbLybli2.m3u8) (2:05)  _Published 2024-04-04. The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said Tuesday it had temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens, and officials said the virus had also been detected at a poultry facility in Michigan._ --- Apr 4, 2024 3:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Bird Flu: What's At Risk For You](/video/h7ByYR2R/) ### Bird Flu: What's At Risk For You [Scientists are Testing mRNA Vaccines to Protect Cows and People Against Bird Flu](/video/VaUaQtwX/) ### Scientists are Testing mRNA Vaccines to Protect Cows and People Against Bird Flu [A Dozen Eggs Could Cost $6 if Avian Flu Returns](/video/Z2NV13fF/) ### A Dozen Eggs Could Cost $6 if Avian Flu Returns --- ## Transcript Regards to avian flu or or bird flu. We are definitely taking this. Seriously. This is the first time we are seeing avian flu in cattle and cows and we haven't seen that previously obviously had been in chicken poultry before and that is where are heavy efforts have been in terms of monitoring. So the fact that it is in cattle now is a definitely raises Our concern level and we have to work to do to better understand that the virus is the same strain of the virus that we have seen in chickens in the past. So it's not a new strain of the virus. So this is known to us and we've been studying it and frankly we've been preparing for avian flu for 20 years, which is a completely novel or new virus avian flu is known to us, and we've been thinking about vaccine And treatment and test on for quite a number of years but this is a new development cows mammals being a reservoir give this virus new opportunity to change and that's what we're watching for really closely has this virus changed or is it changing that would make it more likely to spread from human-to-human. The good news is right now in the United States, we've never had a documented case of human-to-human spread of avian flu, but that's what we're watching for me to understand how this virus is changing today. It's the same version of the virus, but as we've all learned through covid these viruses change very quickly. So we are our meeting to watch it closely. We have to sequence these we have to stay ahead of it and we're monitoring and taking this very closely. Our agriculture partners are on the grounds are our Public Health Partners are on the ground. 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