Statista on Instagram: "Many U.S. shoppers have been affected by food price inflation lately, especially when buying staples such as eggs. As our Bricks video illustrates, while the overall situation moderated somewhat in 2024, egg prices have been sent through the roof by bird flu outbreaks. According to the Department of Agriculture, U.S. farmers were forced to kill 21 million egg-laying hens due to HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza) in the first weeks of 2025 alone, adding to more than

Statista on Instagram: "60 years ago, on January 11, 1964, the Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, Luther L. Terry, M.D., published the first comprehensive report on the effects of smoking on health. A committee was appointed to review and evaluate existing research on the topic in order to “reach some definitive conclusions on the relationship between smoking and health in general.” And while it may seem absurd from today’s point of view that the adverse effects of smoking were e