The newly infected Nevada herds were detected on January ... Lakdawala says the finding raises critical questions about how dairy cattle are being exposed and whether it’s possible to contain ...

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 ...

Genome sequencing of milk from Nevada identified the different strain, known as the D1.1 genotype, in dairy cows for the first time, the USDA said. Previously, all 957 bird flu infections among ...

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

The person was working with infected cattle at a Churchill County dairy farm before he got sick. The Central Nevada Health District is reaching out to close contacts of the infected person and ...

Though not as prominent in the news, the avian influenza is still with us and spreading from birds to cattle, and even to ...

There are 70 confirmed cases of the bird flu among humans in the U.S., as of Tuesday. The CDC said the current public health risk is low.