2 days ago · D1.1 is the "current predominant genotype in migratory wild birds", according to the USDA, and it is responsible for a few serious human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). These include a near-fatal case involving a teen in Canada and the first and only human death related to bird flu in North America thus far, involving a person over the …

1 day ago · A different version of bird flu detected in dairy cows in Nevada. By JoNel Aleccia, Associated Press. Two cats in California died after drinking raw milk recalled for bird flu, their owner says.

7 hours ago · The bird flu strain H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1 is the predominant strain currently circulating in wild birds in North America and was confirmed for the first time in cows in Nevada last ...

1 day ago · NEW YORK (AP) — A dairy worker in Nevada was infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has been spreading in U.S. herds since last year, federal health officials said Monday.. The illness was considered mild. The person’s main symptom was eye redness and irritation, similar to most bird flu cases associated with dairy cows.

15 hours ago · Nevada’s first ever reported case of bird flu was in 2022, in a flock of backyard chickens in Carson City. It took nearly three years for the virus to spread to the state’s livestock — in December, a case was reported at a Nye County dairy. There have been seven confirmed cases in the state — one in Nye County and six in Churchill County.

1 day ago · A strain of bird flu spreading among dairy cows in Nevada has infected a dairy worker in the state, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.. The patient, who’d been working ...

1 day ago · Nevada has confirmed the state's first human case of the bird flu, the Central Nevada Health District said on Monday. A worker was exposed at a dairy cow farm in Churchill County and is recovering ...

3 days ago · The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to help the virus copy itself in mammals — including humans — more ...

Feb 5, 2025 · Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been associated with severe infections in humans, according to the Nevada Department of ...

8 hours ago · On Feb. 10, the Central Nevada Health District (CNHD) reported a case of the bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI) in a worker who had exposure to infected dairy cattle at a farm in ...