Forty commercial poultry flocks in Mercer County, Ohio have been impacted by highly pathogenic avian influenza in 2025. The ...

A Mercer County farm worker came into contact with dead poultry that was infected with the disease, the state's health ...

The first human case of bird flu in Ohio was reported in a farm worker from Mercer County. There have been 68 human cases of bird flu in 11 states since January 1, 2024, including one death in ...

The bird flu outbreak has continued to hurt poultry farms across Ohio. Since Christmas Eve, nearly 12 million birds have died ...

Health officials said the case involves an adult male farm worker who had contact with deceased commercial poultry.

The Ohio Department of Health has reported the state's first probable human case of influenza A(H5), also known as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), or bird flu. An adult male Mercer County ...

A worker at a poultry farm in Ohio is the state’s first probable human case of influenza A (H5), also known as highly ...

CLEVELAND — The Ohio Department of Health says a man in Mercer County has been infected with bird flu, the state's first confirmed human case of the virus in what has become a multiyear outbreak.

A commercial poultry flock in a bordering Ohio county is also struck by avian influenza, bringing the statewide total to 60 ...

Ohio's Department of Health announced Wednesday the first human case of bird flu reported in a man who works on a Mercer County farm and came into contact with deceased poultry infected with the ...

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—The Ohio Department of Health is reporting the state’s first probable human case of influenza A (H5), also ...