Wholesale prices for eggs in America rose to an average $7.74 a dozen in the past week, reported the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The culprit is a worsening outbreak of bird flu.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s current status report on bird flu sweeping across America indicates,”public health risk is low.” But the focus from the federal government and lawmakers on the impact of what some states like Michigan label “Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza,” has gone up. One of the first things on the agenda for newly sworn in U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins was to review the status of bird flu cases throughout America.

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