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 ...

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.

Bird flu has decimated poultry flocks and infected cattle herds. The risk to humans is currently low, but that could easily change as influenza can rapidly change.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Bird flu has been spreading, killing millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide over the last two years, among other animals.. Nationwide, the virus has been detected in 84 commercial and ...

Chicago Bird Flu Outbreak Leaves Hundreds of Ducks 'Sick or Dead' Published Feb 04, 2025 at 6:53 AM EST. By . Ian Randall is Newsweek's Deputy Science Editor, based in Royston, U.K., from where he ...