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 ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses like H5N1, H5N6, and H7N9 pose an evolving global threat due to their capacity to infect birds, mammals, and occasionally humans, with sporadic outbreaks and ...

Over the past three years, avian influenza (H5N1) has spread around the U.S. and affected many species of birds and mammals, ...

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

The deadly avian flu killing falcons in other states hasn't hit here, but biologists still worry about Maine's peregrine population because it's so small.

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 ...

Egg prices across the United States have fallen significantly in recent months, with Nevada consumers seeing an even steeper ...

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 ...

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