Iowa company is first with license for bird-flu vaccine

Harrisvaccines, based in Ames, Iowa, announced it is the first company to receive a USDA conditional license for a vaccine against avian influenza, the disease that killed 10 percent of egg-laying hens earlier this year and drove egg prices to record levels. Officials say a new outbreak is possible this fall when wildfowl migrate south.… » Read More

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