Were that to happen, Chan said, Rhode Island is in a stronger position to respond to an H5N1 outbreak than it was to COVID-19. “The good news about influenza is that even though H5N1 is a new ...

The first case was announced in Rhode Island on March 1 ... if we had a bird flu pandemic," said Mermel, talking about H5N1. "So when people have asked me over the years what keeps me up at ...

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 ...