An older woman in southeast Wyoming is hospitalized with bird flu, state health department officials said Friday. It's the state's first human case of Type A H5N1 influenza, which is spreading through animals and some people.

The Wyoming Department of Health said on Friday it has identified its first human case of H5N1 bird flu in the region, making it the third confirmed instance of hospitalization related to the infection in the United States.

A woman is hospitalized in Wyoming with H5N1 bird flu, likely the result of handling infected birds in a backyard flock, health officials say.

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

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

A local physician explains the possibilities of human-to-human transmission of Bird Flu after the first human case was confirmed in Ohio.

The Ohio Department of Health announced the first human case of bird flu has been detected in the state. A farm worker in Mercer County tested positive after coming

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a third U.S. bird flu hospitalization, Wyoming's health department said Friday after a woman was admitted to a healthcare facility in neighboring Colorado.

Wyoming’s first case of H5N1 avian influenza in a human has been confirmed in a Platte County older adult, according to the Wyoming Department of Health.