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In mid-February, the agency also conditionally approved a bird flu vaccine for chickens. But political headwinds against mRNA vaccines could threaten Hensley’s effort.

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But bird flu is the root cause of the bird deaths. These birds “would die anyway if they were not depopulated,” Brown said, explaining that the “lethality is pretty close to 100%.” ...

This culling process, also referred to as depopulation, reduces bird flu’s ability replicate, mutate and spread. In his interview with Hannity, Kennedy blamed high egg prices on culling.

Gayle Mendoza, with the Philadelphia Health Department, says this is the second time bird flu has been detected in a live market. "Those markets at that point are shut down," Mendoza said.