1 of 2 | White eggs are shown for sale in an 18 pack at this Sam’s Club in Maplewood, Missouri on Jan. 18, 2023, as the bird flu virus led to the deaths of more than 57 million egg-laying birds. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo
Jan. 18 (UPI) — Georgia officials on Friday halted all in-state poultry sales, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $590 million to Moderna to accelerate development of vaccines to protect people from flu strains in cows and birds. State and federal officials confirmed a case of bird flu at a commercial poultry operation in Georgia’s Elbert County, which prompted state officials to halt all in-state poultry sales and activities. Advertisement
Georgia halts poultry sales; HHS allocates $590M for flu vaccines
