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 ...

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 ...

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

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

It has infected more than 950 herds in 16 states. The new version, known as D1.1, was confirmed in Nevada cattle on Friday, according to USDA. It was detected in milk collected as part of 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 ...

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 ...

The Central Nevada Health District on Monday confirmed ... In January, the NDA said dairy cattle infected with bird flu had the genotype D1.1. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...