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State suspends poultry events as avian flu continues to rise

MORGANTOWN -- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, more commonly known as H5N1 or bird flu, claimed its first human victim in the United States earlier this month. In the past year, it’s resulted in the deaths of some 145 million birds - largely commercial poultry, most of which were ...