Bird flu hits cattle operation in Benton County Washington

 

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Headline:  NBC Right Now,  10/26/2026

Shannon Shepard reports:

This is the fourth case of bird flu detected near the Tri-Cities area in October 2026, with the first being in two Yakima cattle dairy farms, the second being a backyard flock of poultry in Kittitas County and the third being a Yakima County resident.

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