The patient contracted H5N1 after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds, the Louisiana Health Department said. In Rhode Island, the DEM and the state ...

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 ...

With infectious disease outbreaks around the country — such as the recent measles outbreak in Texas and the H5N1 bird flu cases in Rhode Island — infectious disease experts and legislators are worried ...