Last week, a judge decided to temporarily block a federal order that would have terminated $31 million in grant funding to ...

The pandemic served as a boot camp for Rhode Island public health officials and infectious diseases doctors, preparing them for future health crises ...

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 ...

Our nation has an unequaled capacity to fend off enemies from abroad. However, we are ill-prepared for H5N1 avian influenza, an enemy from within that is now entrenched in our farms that supply ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Bird flu, or the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), is widely present in Rhode Island’s wild waterfowl, according to the Department of Environmental Management ...

In many ways, COVID-19 served as a boot camp, preparing health officials and infectious diseases doctors for future health crises. Were there a bird flu outbreak, the state is better positioned to ...