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You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Jen White. And this is in case you missed it,

where we bring you some of the week's most important conversations you might have missed. Having trouble finding eggs in the grocery store this week,

well, you're not alone. Bird flu is roiling egg farms across the country. In 2022, highly

pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, was detected in poultry in the U.S.

Then last year it spread to cows and humans.

68 people have been diagnosed with bird flu since March,

with the first death related to avian flu last month.

That person was 65 years old and had underlying medical conditions,

according to the Louisiana Department of Health.

What are farmers doing to protect their flocks and how

worried should we be about the eggs and milk we buy from the store? Back with more in a moment. Stay with us.

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