How to Use bird flu in a Sentence

bird flu

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  • In the case of bird flu, there have been some mixed messages.
    — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2022
  • Eggs of all kinds have grown costlier recently thanks to bird flu concerns and a national spike in food costs.
    — David Pitt, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Most people diagnosed with the bird flu have been infected from animals.
    — Amy Maxmen, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
  • As of May 2, the state has reported one case of avian influenza – commonly known as bird flu.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 2 May 2022
  • Waterfowl often carry and transmit bird flu but don’t typically get sick.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 26 Apr. 2022
  • When bird flu was detected at the farm in Montrose County, the inmates were asked to help in the process of killing and removing the birds.
    — David Pitt, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Another large case of bird flu at a farm has been confirmed, state and federal agriculture officials said Wednesday.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Last December, a person who raises birds in their backyard in the United Kingdom tested positive for the bird flu.
    — Fox News, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The rapidly spreading bird flu, the worst in seven years, has killed at least 11 million egg-laying chickens among other birds and driven up U.S. egg prices.
    — Jon Kamp, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Key Takeaways New bird flu cases were recently detected in poultry workers in Colorado.
    — Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 24 July 2024
  • The culling at Rembrandt comes amid a spread of bird flu in the U.S. that has farms grappling with ways to quickly kill and dispose of millions of chickens and turkeys to limit the spread of disease.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The last major bird flu outbreak in the United States was in 2015.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 27 Dec. 2022
  • While there have been other waves of bird flu in the past, this is the largest outbreak in the nation of a variant of the virus.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Deadlier strains of bird flu have been on the rise in recent years.
    — oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2022
  • This doesn’t mean a bird flu pandemic is on the horizon.
    — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 24 July 2024
  • This strain of bird flu has been documented since at least the 1990s.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
  • The reason: a bad season of bird flu that could end up as one for the history books.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Still, there are plenty of open questions about bird flu.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Related: Could cow vaccines help halt the spread of bird flu in U.S. herds?
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 30 July 2024
  • Realize that birds don’t have to look sick to carry bird flu.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The price of eggs has skyrocketed because of a shortage caused by the bird flu.
    — Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • This year, the birds have been dying from the highly contagious avian bird flu.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
  • In Peru, at least 585 sea lions have been found dead, likely due to bird flu.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Only one other human case of bird flu has been confirmed in the U.S.
    — CBS News, 24 May 2024
  • The avian flu - a highly contagious bird flu - has made a comeback in the United States.
    — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The recent bird flu outbreak has affected the prices of chicken and eggs.
    — Alysha Witwicki, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2022
  • An outbreak of the bird flu could make future trips to the grocery store more expensive.
    — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Keep an eye on bird flu outbreaks and pay attention to what the birds look like at your own feeders.
    — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 19 July 2024
  • The researchers found that the virus, a particular strain of bird flu known as H5N1, spread rapidly among farms.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 25 July 2024
  • That can underscore the impact of any bird flu outbreaks on the prices customers see on grocery store shelves.
    — Alex Harring,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2024

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