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HPAI Spreads to More Lancaster County Farms

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The Department of Agriculture says two more farms in Lancaster County are dealing with cases of bird flu, also called highly pathogenic avian influenza. WITF’s Brett Sholtis reports on efforts to control the virus.

Read the full story at: https://www.witf.org/2022/04/22/avian-flu-spreads-to-more-lancaster-county-poultry-farms/

(Original air-date: 4/25/22)

Brett Sholtis is a health reporter for WITF/Transforming Health. Sholtis is the 2021-2022 Reveal Benjamin von Sternenfels Rosenthal Grantee for Mental Health Investigative Journalism with the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. His award-winning work on problem areas in mental health policy and policing helped to get a woman moved from a county jail to a psychiatric facility. Sholtis is a University of Pittsburgh graduate and a Pennsylvania Army National Guard Kosovo campaign veteran.