Avian influenza does not affect poultry meat or egg products when properly cooked, the agency said. HPAI also is considered low risk to human health, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

A cat in Washington County has tested positive for avian influenza, or bird flu, the Oregon Department of Agriculture announced Friday. The H5N1 virus, which has been spreading in wild and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The first human case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in Oregon has been confirmed, health officials announced on Friday.The person infected with highly pathogenic avian ...

“At this time, there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission of avian influenza and there was no risk of H5N1 for people in Oregon with this travel,” Modie said in an email Friday.

Bird flu was nearly everywhere in the U.S.—in chickens, cows, pet cats and even humans. Cases have gone down, but experts ...

Of the 53 cases of avian influenza in animals in Oregon, none are dairy cattle. Oregon state veterinarian Dr. Ryan Scholz talks about steps the state is taking to keep the virus from infecting cows.

While Oregon has had more than 900,000 birds impacted by avian influenza, Oregon has no confirmed cases of H5N1 in cattle to date. However, the state has had one human case of HPAI, as well as six ...

The current strain, H5N1, is from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), first detected in North American birds in Dec. 2021, then in Oregon in May 2022.

The first known case of avian influenza in a pig in the United States was confirmed at a small farm in Central Oregon on Wednesday. The Oregon Department of Agriculture, along with the U.S ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

A cat in Washington County has tested positive for avian influenza, or bird flu, the Oregon Department of Agriculture announced Friday. The H5N1 virus, which has been spreading in wild and ...

The person infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, was linked to a Clackamas County commercial poultry operation, where the Oregon Department of Agriculture had already confirmed ...