Avian influenza is not unusual in North America, but its recent staying power is. The current outbreak of avian influenza (H5N1), also known as bird flu, began in 2022 and is different from other ...

After a Western Washington resident became the first human to contract a rare form of avian flu, you may be wondering if you're at risk of getting sick. An older adult from Grays Harbor, about a ...

A Washington state resident believed to be the first person to be infected with a rare strain of bird flu has died, state health officials announced. The person — an older adult with underlying health ...

A second U.S. resident has died from the bird flu. The Washington Department of Health reported that the Grays Harbor County resident was an older person who had a backyard flock of mixed domestic ...

Washington had nine instances of highly pathogenic avian influenza from mid-November through mid-December, though all of those were in backyard flocks and 290 birds were affected, according to USDA ...