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.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

The more common H5N1 strain was also found at the same farm, which is located in Merced County, according to reports. Health agencies are conducting "comprehensive epidemiological investigations ...

Districts across the state are taking a closer look at their safety policies after recent federal changes that allow ...

A vian flu first made the jump from birds into dairy cows on farms in a number of US states in spring 2024. Until now, all ...

(Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration) There are currently no documented cases of human to human transmission of bird flu, also known as avian flu H5N1, though there is concern that the virus, which has ...