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As avian flu spreads throughout the country, not even Block Island is immune from its effects, and this week the Rhode Island ...

As H5N1 spreads rapidly, wild birds remain at risk. Here’s what to know about the outbreak and how to keep your feathered ...

Many of the bird deaths have been attributed to the H5N1 bird flu. In January, a person in Louisiana became the first in the U.S. to die from an H5N1 infection, according to the Centers for ...

In addition to Texas, three other states have reached outbreak status: New Mexico, Georgia and New Jersey, according to the CDC. A spokesperson for the Rhode Island Department of Health said in a ...

Can your pet get bird flu? Is it safe if your neighbor has backyard chickens? We're answering reader questions about avian ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 viruses have sporadically spilled over from birds into many other animals, including humans and dairy cows, in recent years. Although it has not yet ...

It’s the state’s first human case of Type A H5N1 influenza, which is spreading through animals and some people. Nearly 70 people in the U.S. have been reported infected with bird flu in the ...

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. The DEM considers backyard flocks to be "a ...

WASHINGTON — A new genotype of H5N1 has been discovered in dairy cattle in Nevada, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).