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Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding

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A newer variant of H5N1 bird flu has spilled over into dairy cows in Nevada and Arizona .

The news comes amid a purge of experts at federal agencies, including employees who were responding to the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak .

The current outbreak is unlikely to end without intervention and needs close attention from the Trump administration.

Kevin Hassett , director of the national economic council , unveiled the new strategy on CBS ’s Face the Nation on Sunday .

Previously, officials “spent billions of dollars just randomly killing chickens within a perimeter where they found a sick chicken”, Hassett said.

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