This marks the state’s first human case of bird flu. The Oregon Health Authority said the case is linked to an outbreak in chickens at a commercial egg farm in Clackamas County last month.

Medical officials confirmed that one person who has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Clackamas County is linked to an outbreak that impacted birds at a commercial poultry operation.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that an unnamed individual in Oregon contracted bird flu pathogens in the first case in the state on Friday. The person was linked to a previously reported outbreak affecting birds at a commercial poultry operation in Clackamas County.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed that a person contracted bird flu in a case linked to an outbreak that sickened thousands of birds in a Clackamas County commercial poultry operation.

Fortunately, unlike the coronavirus, bird flu does not spread easily between humans. Oregon’s case is one of only 52 recorded across the country, most on the West Coast. Canada recently recorded its first human case.

Health officials have announced six more H5N1 bird flu infections in humans: five in California and the first known case in Oregon.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed highly pathogenic form of bird flu in a person in Oregon. The infected person is linked to a previously reported outbreak tied to a commercial poultry operation in the state,

The first human case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in Oregon has been confirmed, health officials announced on Friday.