Apparently, letter writer Mark Renz doesn’t buy eggs very often (“Lower food prices,” Jan. 7). This isn’t the first time that eggs have been priced at $6 a carton at Jewel.

To the editor: Thanks to The Times' editorial staff for publishing Dr. Peter Chin-Hong's Dec. 20 opinion piece, " Bird flu is coming for humans. We can either get ready or court disaster.

Cost was .53 per letter (about $20 in today's dollar). If someone was headed to Virginia City, they would carry the letters and take them to the Wells Fargo office in Virginia City.

Indeed, 61 percent of the 1,415 pathogens known to infect humans originate with animals. These include dengue fever, Ebola, bird flu, HIV, West Nile virus, yellow fever and perhaps the more recent ...