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 ...

A single mutation in the H5N1 strain of avian influenza that is infecting cattle in the US could make it more likely to infect humans, according to a new scientific paper. The worrying finding has ...

What You Need To Know Health officials in Louisiana said Monday that an individual has died from the H5N1 bird flu It is the first human death related to the virus in the United States The patient ...

More Funding Going to Tackle HPAI H5N1, Egg Imports are Now Underway to Stabilize Supply USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says the agency is hyper-focused on poultry, but no vaccine is yet available.

Three ducks at the Queens Zoo and 12 birds at the Bronx Zoo have died of bird flu, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. (AP Photo) ...