An older woman in southeast Wyoming is hospitalized with bird flu, state health department officials said Friday. It's the state's first human case of Type A H5N1 influenza, which is spreading through animals and some people.

A woman is hospitalized in Wyoming with H5N1 bird flu, likely the result of handling infected birds in a backyard flock, health officials say.

The Wyoming Department of Health said on Friday it has identified its first human case of H5N1 bird flu in the region, making it the third confirmed instance of hospitalization related to the infection in the United States.

Wyoming’s first case of H5N1 avian influenza in a human has been confirmed in a Platte County older adult, according to the Wyoming Department of Health.