New bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy cows has experts sounding alarms: ‘We have never been closer to a pandemic from this virus’
The disclosure that dairy herds in Nevada have been infected by a version of the H5N1 bird flu not previously seen in cows ...
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Nevada dairy worker infected with new bird flu strain becomes state's first human case
The worker was exposed to the D1.1 strain after working with infected dairy cattle in Churchill County, the Central Nevada Health District confirmed Monday. The new genotype was first confirmed ...
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Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals
Researchers aren’t sure how the D1.1 variant was transmitted to the Nevada cows. Dairy farmers with infected herds reported large die-offs of wild birds near their farms before their cows got ...