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 ...

In other H5N1 developments, the USDA confirmed detections at live-bird markets in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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 ...

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.

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

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

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. The worker was exposed to the D1.1 strain after working with ...

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 ...