USDA Rushes to Undo Firing of Workers Needed for Bird Flu Response

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says that it accidentally fired a handful of employees who were critical to its response efforts to an ongoing avian flu outbreak. 

A USDA spokesperson told NBC News that the department is now attempting to “swiftly rectify the situation” by rescinding the resignations for several employees, although it’s unclear exactly how many workers were inadvertently laid off as part of broad cuts to federal departments led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Eff…