Several of the dead geese tested positive for HPAI.
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"Whatcom residents are being seen in emergency rooms for respiratory illnesses at the highest rate we have ever seen ..."
37 Salmonella cases in Washington State have been connected to a nationwide backyard poultry-linked outbreak.
October is early for Whatcom County to experience its first flu death compared to previous seasons.
Lummi Bay and the east side of Lummi Island are open except for the harvest of butter and varnish clams.
This means the entire county is now under a recreational shellfish harvesting closure.
Biotoxins in samples have recently dropped enough to reopen the beaches.
Water samples from Wiser Lake have exceeded safe levels multiple times since 2014.
“It is important for people to know that risk to the general public remains low.”