JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble said Thursday that the state Department of Health is not yet able to determine whether the specimen collected last week ...

State health officials said Tuesday night that they have detected H5 avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, in wastewater test samples on Oahu. A nationwide outbreak of avian influenza has ...

The Hawaii Department of Health today said it has detected “very low levels” of H5 avian influenza in wastewater samples collected last month from the Lihue Wastewater Treatment Plant on Kauai. DOH ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A new state health department survey says more education on bird flu is needed, especially among people considered most at risk. Cam Datanagan raises pigeons. When released, ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii is the only state that hasn’t reported a case of H5N1, but that might change after an infected specimen was collected from a wastewater site on Oahu last week. As ...

Bird flu has spread to Hawaii for the first time ever amid growing concerns the virus could soon learn to jump between humans. Ducks and geese on a backyard farm on the island of Oahu, home of the ...

Nov 18 (Reuters) - The United States Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of bird flu in Hawaii on Monday, the first case of the virus in a domestic flock in the state since the current ...

Federal, state and county agencies are urging chicken farmers to take precautionary measures against the potential spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu. Although the chance for the ...

The Hawaii Department of Agriculture today said it is extending a voluntary pause on the interisland transport of poultry and other bird species to help prevent the spread of H5N1, or highly ...

State officials are urging caution after a presumptive case of avian influenza has been identified in an ailing duck at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. A student found the duck earlier in the week, ...