The Wayne County case involves a backyard poultry flock, the press release said. That case was confirmed after an investigation by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Library.

The Free Press interviewed Dr. Kimberly Dodd, the dean of the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, about efforts to tame the H5N1 bird flu outbreak.

Backyard chicken enthusiasts are keeping an eye on alerts from the state’s health and agricultural departments after a person died in Louisiana from highly pathogenic avian influenza.

WATERFORD, Mich. (FOX 2) - One man is being tested after being exposed to Bird Flu from infected chickens in Waterford. A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed on Thursday, and was detected in a backyard flock.It is the second case of HPAI in Oakland County since the virus was first detected in Michigan back in 2022.

One person is in voluntary isolation, and 10 others are being monitored after coming into contact with animals infected with Avian Influenza at a farm at Hess-Hathaway Park in Oakland County.

The virus impacts milk production and poses significant risks to other bird species, particularly domestic poultry as well as some mammals. The CDC has also confirmed mild cases in humans, and a fatal one in Louisiana in January 2025.

An infectious disease expert says the relatively mild cases of avian influenza detected so far among dairy workers don’t warrant making a vaccine available to them, even as they work to contain and prevent spread of the contagious virus among herds.

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in the eastern part of the state. A backyard flock in Oakland County has tested positive for the virus,

A commercial duck flock in the state of New York is the latest instance of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to be confirmed. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported that the presence of HPAI was confirmed in a flock of 101,000 ducks in Suffolk County on January 17.

more than 133 million poultry countrywide have been impacted by avian influenza, 900-plus dairy herds and 66 people, two of whom live in Michigan. “The cases that we had were very mild,” said ...

For the first time, birds in a Wayne County backyard flock have been sickened by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, MDARD reported.

The 11 people who had direct contact with the animals at Hess-Hathaway Park will be monitored by the Oakland County Health Division for 10 days. One person who has flu-like symptoms was tested for the highly pathogenic avian influenza. Results from the state lab are pending.