The biggest bird flu outbreak  ever recorded couldn’t have come at a worse time for a country still battered by Covid-19, as conservative lawmakers move to restrict the research that helps us understand such viruses. H5N1, which was first identified in 1996, has been moving among North American birds since December 2021, with devastating consequences for poultry farmers who have had to cull millions of birds. Consumers, too, have taken a hit as the culls contribute to soaring egg prices ,

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