Last year, bird flu killed more than 40 million egg-laying birds. Including ducks and chickens, 148 million birds have been ordered euthanized since H5N1 began spreading around the U.S. in 2022 ...

More than 170 species of North American wild birds – including ducks, geese, gulls, owls, eagles and others – have been infected with bird flu. Take precautions around sick or dead wild birds ...

Ducks, often asymptomatic carriers, play a key role in spreading these new strains. While H5N9 hasn't infected humans in the U.S., its potential to mix with human flu viruses raises concerns.

(This story has been updated with new information, including the location of the diseased ducks.) A dead wild bird found in North Austin this month has tested positive for bird flu, Austin Public ...

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 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 ...

Several hundred ducks found dead from suspected bird flu along Lake Michigan The largest concentrations of sick mergansers were found Saturday at North Avenue Beach and Oak Street Beach.

Chicago Bird Collision Monitors (CBCM), a volunteer-run conservation project, has warned that the outbreak poses a "serious threat" to local bird life. In January, a northern Illinois farm lost ...

Also, on Dec. 18, bird flu was reported in a backyard poultry flock of 88 chickens and five ducks in Kenosha County near the Illinois border. Since early 2022, bird flu has been confirmed in 36 ...

The Ulster County Health Department says bird flu killed about 50 chickens and ducks at a local farm. There are currently no known cases in humans in NY.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first detected in North America in late 2021. But what has been ...