Last month, a flock of birds in southern Rhode Island was euthanized after they were found to be infected with H5N1 avian influenza. While the threat to public health is considered to be low, Dr.

Here's what you need to know about the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, and what bird flu might mean to you, your ...

Some pet owners feed their animals raw meat, but that can be dangerous, even fatal for the animals, said Dr. Michael Q.

"Right now lots of people are coming to the hospital with respiratory tract infections and we don't know whether it's viral ...

BURRILLVILLE, R.I. (WLNE) — Thursday’s snow can be described well as “winter mush.” There’s nothing pretty or scenic about it ...

State officials say the highly pathogenic avian influenza – more commonly known as bird flu – is widespread in much of the ...

The State of Rhode Island General Assembly is the state legislature of Rhode Island. A bicameral body, it is composed of the Rhode Island House of Representatives with 75 Representatives and the Rhode ...

Between 500 and 1,000 suspected cases of H5N1, also called avian flu, have been reported in Massachusetts birds. Sharing scientific data is important to track the outbreak. Just as Massachusetts ...

Guam Memorial Hospital Administrator Lilian Perez-Posadas said there are no suspected cases of norovirus or H5N1 infections on the island. “If the [Emergency Room] doctor on duty suspects a ...

There are seven generations of Corwins in the Aquebogue, Long Island, town cemetery ... since the current strain of bird flu, H5N1, reached the United States in 2022, over 148 million birds ...

When the H5N1 bird flu virus jumps from animals into people, it hits a dead end. Missing the key genes that would help it infect humans, it isn’t causing a pandemic. But if the virus suddenly ...