Chicago | Reuters—H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.

State health officials are investigating possible sources of the H5 avian influenza virus detected for the first time in a wastewater sample from Oahu, but reassure residents that public risk remains ...

Wastewater Scan, based at Stanford University, also works with Health Department to monitor several infectious diseases at two municipal wastewater sites on Oahu — the Sand Island and Honouliuli ...