The disclosure that dairy herds in Nevada have been infected by a version of the H5N1 bird flu not previously seen in cows has put virologists and researchers on high alert. Among other things ...

but this is the first time it’s been documented that D1.1 has been in a dairy cow,” said Goicoechea. The affected dairies have provided the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services with ...

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 ...

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

Genome sequencing of milk from Nevada identified the different strain, known as the D1.1 genotype, in dairy cows for the first time, the USDA said. Previously, all 957 bird flu infections among ...