Emphatic Reporting

Reading my paper this morning, my eye was stopped by the caption on the photo accompanying this story. The online site has a longer, more detailed caption, but here's what my local paper wrote:

The only surviving member of a family of eight ravaged by bird flu being fed by his wife Thursday.

Now, what I want to know is: does his wife not count as a member of his family, or is she a zombie? If the bird flu turns its victims into zombies, I think we'd all like to know. (Especially if they have nursing skills.)