Shoppers across the U.S. are facing higher egg prices and purchase limits due to a tightening supply chain exacerbated by an ongoing bird flu outbreak. Syakir Jasnee reports. US says will levy tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on Feb. 1

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investigating a bird flu outbreak at an Arkansas broiler operation in Clay County as well as in some backyard flocks across the state. According to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,

Newswatch 16's Melissa Steininger talked to a local farm owner about the growing customer waitlist due to the bird flu outbreak and the higher demand for local eggs.

A second subtype of H5 bird flu, known as D1.1, was detected in dairy cattle and infected one worker in the US state of Nevada. On February 10, 2025, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data showing the new D1.

Nevada has confirmed its first human case of bird flu in a farm worker who was exposed to infected dairy cattle, the Central Nevada Health District said on Monday, after authorities last week reported a second strain of the virus in cows in the state.

More than 80 domestic cats have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022. Experts say there's a risk that cats could transmit the virus to people in the future.