The bird was reported by a resident of the area and collected by Texas City Animal Control on Dec. 5.

Spectrum Local News

United States

Avian influenza detected in Galveston County

The first positive case of Avian Influenza (H5N1) has been confirmed in a bird in Galveston County. Health officials say the risk to humans remains low.

Media Bias/Fact Check

abc 13 Houston

The Walt Disney Company

Houston

Harris County

Texas

1st positive case of bird flu confirmed in Galveston County, health officials say

Advance Publications

Liberty Media

Capital Group Companies

The Vanguard Group

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

Nippon Life

Meiji Yasuda Life

Norinchukin Bank

Resona Holdings

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings

Masayoshi Son

JPMorgan Chase

Citigroup

Baillie Gifford

Galveston County health officials reported a bird that was acting erratically ended up dying and then testing positive for Avian Influenza, or bird flu.

KHOU 11

Tegna Inc.

Galveston County resident reports bird acting erratically. Turns out, it had bird flu

TEXAS CITY, Texas (KIAH) -- Officials in Galveston County announced that they have confirmed its first positive case of bird flu in the area. The case happened in Texas City on Dec. 5, when a resident found a bird that was acting erratically. The bird was taken to the county’s animal resource center, where it died shortly after arriving. It was then taken to the Texas Department of State Health Services in Austin, where it was tested and confirm…

CW39 Houston

Nexstar Media Group

Tribune Media

Galveston County reports its first case of bird flu in Texas City

The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries and USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial broiler farm in Cullman County and in a backyard flock in Pickens County. Samples from the flocks were tested and confirmed positive at the Alabama State Diagnostic Laboratory in Auburn, Ala., part of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network…

Ad Fontes Media

All Sides

Alabama Political Reporter

Avian flu confirmed in Cullman and Pickens Counties bird flocks

Samples from the flocks were tested and confirmed positive at the Alabama State Diagnostic Laboratory in Auburn, Ala.

WBMA

Sinclair Broadcast Group

116,000 birds killed after avian flu confirmed in Cullman and Pickens counties

A case of the bird flu has been confirmed in Texas City by Galveston County officials after they detected the virus in a bird in December.

KRIV

Murdoch family

Avian Influenza, also known as bird flu confirmed in Texas City by Galveston County officials

Later that month, an agricultural worker in Texas became the first confirmed human case of H5N1 in the U.S. Currently, the CDC has confirmed 60 total reported Human cases in the U.S. across 49 states.

Houston Public Media

University of Houston System

Galveston County confirms first Avian Influenza ‘Bird Flu’ case in Texas City bird

Health officials see little public health threat in the discovery of one sick bird.

The Daily News

Health district confirms Galveston County's first case of bird flu

Gulf Shores ranks third on U.S. News & World Report’s list of Best Cheap Vacations in the U.S.

Business Alabama Magazine

Gulf Shores scores high on vacations list; Another acquisition for Waverly; Avian flu detected in Alabama; New event space will be Mobile's largest of its kind

Avian influenza detected in Galveston County

Coverage Details

Give the gift of Perspective

Bias Distribution

Ownership

Similar News Topics

Similar News Topics