The only facility in the state able to handle high-risk cases could go offline as workers allege burnout and injuries.

Egg prices continue to rise as bird flu spreads across the country. We spoke to Mark Schweitzer, associate professor at CWRU, about using recipes at home that rely less on eggs.

Lawmakers said there is one main reason for the steep prices. “The bird flu continues to ravage agriculture across the country,” said U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.). The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports farms across the country have had to kill more than 40 million birds,

The Department of Agriculture warned egg prices may increase more than 20% this year, after December saw a year-over-year increase of 36.8%.

With prices rising rapidly, some of the nation’s biggest grocery store chains — including Trader Joe's, Walmart and Costco — have begun rationing eggs.

The latest monthly showed that the average price of a dozen Grade A eggs in U.S. cities reached $4.95 in January, eclipsing the previous record of $4.82 set two years earlier and more than double the low of $2.04 that was recorded in August 2023.

In a letter, over 30 House Democrats urged the president to keep his campaign promise to lower the cost-of-living for Americans and bring down egg prices.

When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One,” he said over the summer as voters repeatedly told pollsters the economy and rising prices were the largest things that concerned them.