USDA layoffs leave research, along with chickens, cows and bison, in the lurch

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   Iowa Public Radio documented USDA layoffs at Ames laboratories disrupting bird-flu vaccine testing and leaving research animals and long-running studies without planned staff during the H5N1 response.

   Passages and source records documenting: USDA layoffs disrupted bird-flu vaccine testing during an active outbreak

   USDA layoffs disrupted bird-flu vaccine testing during an active outbreak · Ames laboratories reported research delays and animal-care gaps