FDA Testing Disrupted by Cuts

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FDA bird flu testing efforts disrupted by RFK Jr.'s layoffs, officials say

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FDA lost around 3,500 full-time employees due to the layoffs, including staff supporting the agency's bird flu response.

Officials had planned the exercise for 40 laboratories across the FDA -backed Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network , as well as additional government-backed and private labs, which are using different methods to test for virus.

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