The patient, a Mercer County man who works on a farm, contracted the virus after coming into contact with an infected dead bird.

The Ohio Department of Health has reported the state's first probable human case of influenza A(H5), also known as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), or bird flu. An adult male Mercer County ...

An adult Mercer County farm worker who was in contact with deceased commercial poultry was infected with the virus, the Ohio ...

A commercial poultry flock in a bordering Ohio county is also struck by avian influenza, bringing the statewide total to 60 ...

Veterinarians who worked with cattle had antibodies in their system that showed they had the H5N1 virus, though they exhibited no symptoms and none knew they were working with sick animals, according ...

CELINA — Ohio’s first human case of the H5N1, or bird flu, virus has been found in a Mercer County man. According to the Ohio ...

MERCER COUNTY — The state’s first human case of bird flu in 2025 has been reported in the Miami Valley. Mason Fletcher is ...

ODH says an adult male farm worker in Mercer County who was in contact with dead commercial poultry was infected with the virus.

Ohio reports its first probable human case of bird flu in a male from Mercer County exposed at a poultry farm.

A worker at a poultry farm in Ohio is the state’s first probable human case of influenza A (H5), also known as highly ...

Roughly 10.3 million Ohio chickens have been impacted by bird flu in the last 30 days, making up more than a third of the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Ohio has its first case of bird flu transmitted to a person, according to state health officials. The ...