USDA working to rehire fired Bird Flu response workers….

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that it is moving to correct the accidental firing of several people working on the federal government’s response to an outbreak of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is a low risk of the public contracting the disease, the USDA firings come as bird flu is wreaking havoc on the agriculture sector and as egg prices soar to a record high. The job cuts are part of a wider Trump administration overhaul of the federal government, including attempts to gut national health agencies, halt scientific reports and grants and put a hold on multimillion-dollar programs to combat malaria, Ebola and tuberculosis abroad.