Meanwhile, the Hawaii County Council is urging the state to develop an “Avian Flu ... told the council the potential impact of bird flu on the Big Island is “very worrisome,” but added ...

Health officials say the consistent, very low-level detections indicate a high likelihood that H5 bird flu virus is on Kauai.

Hawaii is the 49th state to report bird flu in domestic poultry, with Louisiana now the only one yet to detect the virus. The infections were detected by Hawaii State Laboratories Division ...

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.