Coconino County health officials say they’ve detected H5 avian influenza in Flagstaff wastewater. Scientists who work with the county to monitor wastewater for viruses also found bird DNA suggesting backyard chickens or wild birds could be the source. So far there are no reports of human or animal cases of H5 flu in Coconino County.

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.

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 (DOH) has detected H5 avian influenza (bird flu) in a wastewater sample from the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant on Hawaii Island. The sample was collected on Dec. 2 and marks the first detection of the virus on a neighbor island.