The Oregon Department of Agriculture said there are no cases of bird flu in Oregon livestock. The H5N1 virus can be transmissible through animal products such as uncooked meat and raw milk.

Some avian influenza viruses also affect dogs and other pets, including hamsters and guinea pigs. Oregon saw its first case of bird flu in December, in a cat that had eaten raw pet food. A second ...

Oregon state and federal officials confirmed Wednesday that H5N1 bird flu was found in a pig living in Crook County — the first such swine infection reported in the current outbreak.

As H5N1 bird flu spreads among California dairy herds and southward-migrating birds, health officials announced Friday that six more human cases of infection: five in California and one in Oregon ...

“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.

The strain of bird flu virus in the pig is slightly different from the one that has been plaguing dairy cows in California and other states, which is known as B3.13.

Public health experts are concerned that the first detection of H5N1 bird flu in a pig could mean the next step in human-to-human transmission of the virus.

H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the United States for the first time, the US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.. The USDA and Oregon veterinary officials are investigating ...

One person has been infected with the H5N1 bird flu in Oregon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on Friday. The report is connected to an outbreak that affected roughly ...

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 ...

There have been 36 cases of bird flu in humans in the U.S. — and all but one was associated with contract with infected animals, Dean Sidelinger, state epidemiologist, said during a news conference.

Oregon has had 41 outbreaks that affected 907,000 birds and resulted in about 130 people being exposed to avian influenza, but there have been zero human infections. “The risk to the public ...