Last month, a flock of birds in southern Rhode Island was euthanized after they were found to be infected with H5N1 avian influenza. While the threat to public health is considered to be low, Dr.

Media reports indicate Gerald Parker, DVM, PhD, will lead the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy ...

AstraDx will receive $3 million to develop a test that detects and identifies pathogens and analyzes antimicrobial ...

In B.C., Canada’s first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 involved a teenage girl ... don’t get too close to their flock of two Rhode Island red hens and two Ameraucanas.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — If you drive by the Rhode Island State House, you may see that it is lit up in blue, purple and green. It’s lit up in recognition of “ Breath of Hope RI ,” a nonprofit ...

Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has spread in ...

After eight years leading the Tar Heel State, former governor Roy Cooper will be teaching at the country's oldest institution ...

CNN reports a Nevada dairy worker may have been infected by deadly D1.1 version of H5N1 bird flu Worker shows only mild symptoms Genetic analyses of this version show changes that could make it ...

Cows in Nevada have been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu different from the strain detected in all other herds to this point in the ongoing dairy outbreak. It's the same strain that killed ...

A new version of the H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected in milk samples collected from dairy herds in Nevada. The strain, known as D1.1, had so far been associated only with migrating birds and ...

A powerful winter storm quickly dumped snow onto New York City, falling as quickly as 1 to 2 inches per hour. At least a ...

RELATED: Stray cat tests positive for bird flu in San Mateo County The H5N1 incident was one of 49 backyard flock infections documented across the country — including 38 in California — by the ...