During the pandemic,

Brazil is one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of poultry, accounting for 14% of global chicken meat production, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.following the bird flu outbreak boosted Brazilian egg exports to the U.S., rising by more than 1,000% between January and April 2025 compared to the same period the previous year, according to trade data from the Brazilian government.

Brazil’s agriculture ministry also said Friday the disease is not transmitted through the consumption of poultry meat or eggs.“The risk of human infection by the avian flu virus is low and occurs mostly among handlers or professionals who have close contact with infected birds (alive or dead),” the ministry said.Brazilian chicken exports have previously faced resistance over sanitary concerns. In 2018, the European Union temporarily

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Melissa Rivers recalled how swiftly the

spread, forcing the county’s Ready, Set, Go evacuation plan to essentially skip straight to “Set.” That left her with little time to gather her most valued possessions before fleeing her home.A veterinarian at an emergency equine hospital gave the horse 50-50 odds of surviving.

“She just had no chance, getting left locked in a stall and her owners evacuating and just leaving them all there,” Bagan said.But some horse owners were ready.

When Meredith McKenzie got a notice days before of the heightened fire risk, she asked people at her barn to help evacuate her horse so she could focus on caring for her sister who has Alzheimer’s.“Horse people are not stupid about if there’s fire coming. We’re out before it starts because once that smoke happens, the horses go nuts and go crazy,” McKenzie said. “It’s very hard to corral them because they just want to run.”