PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island hasn't had any human cases of bird flu, and the H5N1 avian influenza hasn't been detected in any commercial bird flocks here. However, the highly pathogenic virus has ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental ... euthanized a flock of around 40 birds infected with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. Over the last month, the ...

Experts urge US to prepare for possible new pandemic as new H5N1 bird flu outbreak spreads to dairy animals, human infections ...

With infectious disease outbreaks around the country — such as the recent measles outbreak in Texas and the H5N1 bird flu cases in Rhode Island — infectious disease experts and legislators are worried ...