Bird flu spreading in wild birds across the U.S. Between Dec. 29, 2024, and Jan. 17 of this year, there were 65 new detections of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds across 20 ...

Hundreds of ducks die of bird flu along Lake Michigan shoreline 02:13. CHICAGO — Monitors with an area bird tracking organization say that they've determined that a number of ducks have ...

Bird flu outbreaks decimate chickens at Chicago area farm, prompt alert in Indiana 02:23. This is the latest case in what appears to be an uptick of bird flu-related deaths nationwide.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering a potential plan to vaccinate poultry against bird flu for the first time ...

In addition to the man who died from severe bird flu, or H5N1, at least 66 people in the U.S. were infected in 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control — with almost all of the cases ...

Hundreds of ducks stricken by bird flu have been found in the Chicago area along the shoreline of Lake Michigan. Chicago Bird Collision Monitors (CBCM), a volunteer-run conservation project, has ...

Officials urged residents of the Chicago area not to touch -- or let their pets touch -- dead or sick birds as a bird flu outbreak sickens and kills many across the region.

Annette Prince, director of the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors picks up a dead red-breasted merganser at 35th Street Beach to dispose of it, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

Bird flu is increasingly sparking concern across the country and in Illinois, following news this week of the first human death from the virus in the U.S., and of birds found throughout Illinois ...

In the unlikely, but possible, event of a bird flu pandemic in humans, there are other lessons to be learned from COVID-19. Strategies to keep schools open and businesses working will be essential.

Bird flu spreading in wild birds across the U.S. Between Dec. 29, 2024, and Jan. 17 of this year, there were 65 new detections of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds across 20 ...