The “severely ill” Washington man, infected with H5N5, an avian influenza virus, was hospitalized with a high fever, ...

According to a new study, an evolutionary shift around 2020 helped the bird flu virus adapt better to wild birds.

The Washington Department of Health confirmed that one Grays Harbor resident has tested positive for H5, a type of avian ...

Out on his farm in Dundee Township, Cliff McConville sees geese landing in the fields where his turkeys and chickens graze.

After a summer hiatus, bird flu cases are once again ticking up in the United States. We are flying blind in the face of a potentially catastrophic pandemic threat.

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A Washington man has tested positive for the first human case of the H5N5 bird flu strain, previously found in animals only.

Six mice in Grant County have recently tested positive for avian influenza, also known as the bird flu, according to a ...

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