Folks touring the brand new emergency room constructing at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Middle in Vancouver stroll down a second flooring hallway June 28. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian recordsdata)
U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, together with Washington’s Democratic Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell secured a grant by the U.S. Division of Transportation.
5. Washington studies 14 circumstances of hen flu in people; what ought to Clark County learn about avian flu?
There have been 14 recorded circumstances of avian influenza amongst people in Washington, however none in Clark County. Native well being officers nonetheless think about the danger to most of the people to be low.
State and federal well being officers have been monitoring H5N1, a pressure of avian influenza, or hen flu, that’s extremely contagious and lethal to chickens and cattle. As of Nov. 6, there have been 11 confirmed circumstances and three possible circumstances of hen flu amongst people in Washington resulting from poultry publicity, in keeping with the Washington State Division of Well being.