The USDA has determined that pasteurized milk will not transmit this H5N1 virus to humans. Raw milk sales are legal in Nevada, but there are no farms certified to sell it, according to the department.

Avian influenza H5N1 continues to spread. A second type of the virus, D1.1, has been detected in dairy cattle in Nevada, US. What does it mean for people?

The finding indicates that the virus, known as H5N1, has spilled from birds into cows at least twice — leading to these two sets of infections — and that it could continue to do so.

When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, picking up mutations that might lead to human-to-human spread, that "train has already left the station," warns one ...

A new version of the H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected in milk samples collected from dairy herds in Nevada. The strain, known as D1.1, had so far been associated only with migrating birds and ...

Cows in Nevada have been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu different from the strain detected in all other herds to this point in the ongoing dairy outbreak. It's the same strain that killed ...

That could mean the H5N1 infection might become endemic, or continuously circulating, in birds in North America, and that may eventually spell trouble for people, too. “In my opinion, it is now ...

Whether it's ducks or chickens, since the current strain of bird flu, H5N1, reached the United States in 2022, over 148 million birds have been ordered euthanized. "It's a staggering number ...

Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains the risk of bird flu to be low for the general population, H5N1, the virus responsible, continues to expand its range and ...

ADDITIONAL restrictions have been put in place after a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, more commonly referred to as bird flu, was confirmed at a location near to Bodmin.