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 ...

D1.1 is widely circulating in wild migratory birds and has been linked to a few illnesses in humans, some of them severe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added the Nevada case to ...

This case of avian influenza is consistent with the D1.1 genotype and is unrelated to the recent detection of this virus in Nevada.

In new findings regarding the recent detection of the D1.1 H5N1 avian flu genotype in Nevada dairy cattle, an international team of virologists today reported that the jump from birds to dairy cattle ...

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

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 CDC has sequenced bird flu viruses from people in Nevada and Wyoming, and the Trump Administration has released a ...

This strain, known as D1.1, has only ever previously been detected in wild birds and poultry, indicating that it has only recently spread to cows. Shortly after, Nevada reported its first human ...

The D1.1 version of the virus in the Nevada worker contains a genetic mutation that has previously been linked to more efficient virus replication in people and other mammals, the CDC said.

Bird flu, also known as H5N1, continues to spread among U.S. livestock, driving up egg prices and worrying public health ...

Nevada. Their new star Dal Monte came to UNLV with the intentions of leading this program to the next level and becoming a Division 1 team. He made this clear when he said, “If we have a ...

Avian influenza has been detected in milk from a dairy herd in Maricopa County, according to the Arizona Department of ...