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Worst bird-flu season in years hits Alberta’s poultry farmers

Date
Friday, December 05, 2025 - 7:00 AM
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<img src="https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1078021e-59dc-4dc7-b56c-e34094548225,1764887353165…; alt="A large number of turkey chicks, or poults, are shown in a turkey barn." width="620" height="349" title="Two-week old turkeys at a poultry farm in British Columbia in October, 2021. "><p>A mild fall and long migration is being blamed for increasing numbers of poultry farms coming under orders to contain the spread of highly infectious bird flu. One turkey producer in Alberta is preparing to restart operations after his third such</p>

Would the flu shot work better if it wasn't grown in chicken eggs?

Date
Saturday, November 29, 2025 - 4:00 AM
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<img src='https://i.cbc.ca/ais/c270abfb-3530-4439-8a30-f08f436fcadc,1764357862599…; alt='A technician lifts an egg for influenza vaccine manufacturing.' width='620' height='349' title='A technician lifts an egg in the harvesting area of the Sanofi Pasteur influenza vaccine manufacturing facility during a simulation of vaccine production process as the facility prepared to open in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania in this file photo from July 19, 2007. Most influenza vaccines for Americans are manufactured in other countries -- a scenario that could limit U.S. supplies should a swine flu vaccine be needed in the coming months. U.S. government officials have taken steps in recent years to promote more production on U.S. soil by a diverse group of companies, but those efforts are far from complete. To go with FLU/VACCINE REUTERS/Tim Shaffer/Files (UNITED STATES DISASTER SCI TECH HEALTH)'/><p>For decades, the flu virus in the shots you’re offered every fall has been grown in chicken eggs. Now, scientists are trying more modern methods of developing vaccines that they hope will be even more effective.
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