A new variant of the bird flu has infected a dairy worker in Nevada, marking the state's first human case of the H5N1 avian influenza. The worker was exposed to the D1.1 strain after working with ...

In December, a Nye County dairy cow became Nevada’s first positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in cattle. And on February 10, the Central Nevada Health District (CNHD) confirmed ...

Researchers identified a novel genotype (D1.1) of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 spreading among wild birds, poultry, ...

Meanwhile, less than a year after avian flu was first detected in dairy herds, a new strain of the virus has been found in Nevada cows. To make sense of the latest developments, Matt Koci ...

The first death caused by H5N1 bird flu was reported in January 2025. Some believe the virus could eventually pose a ...

How dangerous is it? Where did it come from? H5N1 influenza’s origins stretch back to the 1990s, and key events paved the way ...

Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza more than doubled in mammals in 2024 from the year before, according to the a ...

The avian flu has caused over 70 human cases globally ... have been lost in the U.S. because of the virus. In February, Nevada reported its first human case of H5N1 in a dairy worker who was ...

Roy Rochlin/Getty Nevada Resident Infected with New Strain ... The U.S. does not currently vaccinate birds against the avian flu. Two vaccines are approved in Europe to prevent the avian flu ...

Poultry at a second commercial farm in Maricopa County have tested positive for Avian Influenza, according to a report. The ...