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.

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

A new strain of bird flu, the D1.1 variant, has been detected in a dairy worker in Nevada, marking the first human case of H5N1 avian influenza in the state. While the infection generally leads to ...

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.

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

The patient reportedly had the D1.1 strain of bird flu, differing from the B3.13, which is the strain of the virus that has resulted in the majority of human infections in the United States. This new ...

After a different strain of bird flu was recently found in cattle for the first time, experts reveal what this means in our fight against the virus.

The Central Nevada Health District confirmed the infection in a news release issued on Monday. The worker was exposed while working with infected dairy cattle when he contracted the D1.1 genotype ...

It has infected 962 cattle herds in 16 states, the vast majority of them in California.The newer version, known as D1.1, was confirmed in Nevada cattle on Jan. 31. It was found in milk collected ...

Dairy worker in Nevada becomes second person in nation to be infected with the bird flu. The worker was exposed while working with infected dairy cattle when he contracted the D1.1 genotype bird ...

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 ...