The state Department of Land and Natural Resources said it is monitoring bird and wildlife populations for signs of avian influenza. Nene are often seen on the ground near roadways in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.

Coconino County Health and Human Services (CCHHS) has confirmed that H5 avian influenza has been detected in wastewater sampling. There are no reports of human or animal H5 cases in

H5 avian influenza, or bird flu, was detected in a sample collected from the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant on Dec. 2.

The Hawaii Department of Health today said the H5 avian influenza virus has been detected in a wastewater sample collected from the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant on Hawaii island.

Health officials in Vietnam's Long An province today reported a human H5 case involving an 18-year-old man who is hospitalized in Ho Chi Minh City with pneumonia and other severe symptoms, according to foreign language media reports translated and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.

The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) has detected H5 avian influenza (bird flu) in a wastewater sample from the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant on Hawaii Island.

Bird flu has made its way to Hawai‘i Island. Hawaiʻi County and Hawai’i Department of Health reported late Tuesday afternoon that H5 avian influenza was detected in influent collected Dec. 2 from the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant.