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 ...

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

Researchers aren’t sure how the D1.1 variant was transmitted to the Nevada cows. Dairy farmers with infected herds reported large die-offs of wild birds near their farms before their cows got ...

A dairy worker in Nevada has been confirmed to be infected by a new bird flu strain found to be spreading among cows in the state last week. That strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus, called D1.1 by ...

A dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu—genotype D1.1—that has newly spilled over to cows, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed.

A new variant of H5N1 bird flu, known as D1.1, has been detected in dairy cattle in Nevada. This marks the first time this strain has been found in cows, showing symptoms like coughing and sneezing.

The Nevada worker is recovering after suffering ... The second strain, known as D1.1, was the predominant genotype among wild birds this past fall and winter and has also been found in poultry ...

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 ...

It has infected 962 cattle herds in 16 states, the vast majority of them in California.The newer version, known as D1.1, was confirmed in Nevada cattle on Jan. 31. It was found in milk collected ...

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

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.