The state health laboratories conduct a quiet but important work in keeping Rhode Island healthy. Their working space is ...

Once again, a new strain of COVID has hit the country, and that includes Rhode Island. According to the Centers for Disease ...

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire 100,000-bird flock in January.

At his confirmation hearing, Kennedy said he would support the development of a vaccine for H5N1 bird flu. “I’m going to continue research on every kind of vaccine,” he said.

A single mutation in the H5N1 strain of avian influenza that is infecting cows in the US could make it more likely to infect humans, warn researchers.

Three ducks at the Queens Zoo have died of bird flu and 12 other birds that died at the Bronx Zoo may have come into contact with the virus, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.

The current H5N1 outbreak began in 2022 and intensified throughout the Biden administration. By early 2025, the virus had affected over 130 million birds, including both wild and domestic populations.