Are eggs the next toilet paper – spurring panicked consumers to empty store shelves like many did when they feared shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic? Where are the eggs and why are egg prices so high seems to be the question and vent among consumers nationwide.

Pittsburgh-area supermarkets are limiting egg purchases as soaring bird flu cases strain the nation's egg supply. Why it matters: The highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has affected at least 23 million birds nationally in the last 30 days,