While humans can contract bird flu, UNLV professor and epidemiologist Brian Labus says the latest strains are “not a general ...

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.

Local wildlife experts explain what does it mean for the health of you and your pets. Alex Harper with Red Rock Audubon says ...

The D1.1 strain of H5N1, now spreading in dairy herds, has a mutation that enhances replication in mammals. Could this be a ...

Nevada Department of Wildlife helps detect bird flu through necropsies of dead birds who show no sign of trauma of obvious ...

A Nevada dairy worker is believed to be the first human infected with a recent strain of bird flu from a cow. ((David Cheskin/PA file)) A Nevada dairy worker has become the first human known to be ...

A new type of bird flu has been detected in a human dairy worker in Nevada. This strain is different from the version that’s been spreading in herds since last year, according to the Centers for ...

The Central Nevada Health District advises avoiding direct ... Farmworkers are encouraged to consult health care providers about seasonal flu vaccinations, which may help reduce the risk of ...

On Feb. 10, the Central Nevada Health District (CNHD) reported a case of the bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI) in a worker who had exposure to infected dairy cattle at a farm in ...

The disclosure that dairy herds in Nevada have been infected by a version of the H5N1 bird flu not previously seen in cows has put virologists and researchers on high alert. Among other things ...

A dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu—genotype D1.1—that has newly spilled over to cows, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed.

A Nevada dairy worker was infected with a version of bird flu. EPA/RAJAT GUPTA The Nevada worker had conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye, but no other reported symptoms.