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This working group is focused on discussions about food and agriculture.

The mission of this working group is to focus on discussions about food and agriculture.

Members

Ha Thu Kathy Gilbeaux mdmcdonald Nguyen Ninh

Email address for group

food-and-agriculture@m.resiliencesystem.org

U.S. officials warn of risks to dairy farm workers amid bird flu outbreak in cows

Officials warn of risks to ‘certain groups’ of people amid bird flu outbreak in cows - POLITICO

The Biden administration said Wednesday it’s working to strengthen federal testing guidance and the overall public health response should the bird flu outbreak in cows spread among humans.

State health labs have sent “around 25” human test samples to the CDC for reference testing amid the current dairy outbreak, according to officials. More than 100 workers are being monitored. Officials declined to answer questions from reporters about where in the country the monitored workers are, saying only that officials are “following the herd” of infected cows.

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Africa’s food crisis is the biggest yet – five reasons why

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The number of East Africans experiencing acute food insecurity – when a lack of food puts lives or livelihoods in immediate danger – has spiked by 60% in just the last year, and by nearly 40% in West Africa, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).

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