A conservation group in Chicago says hundreds of red-breasted mergansers, a species of diving duck that typically winters in the Great Lakes region, have been found sick or dead of ...

Since Friday, reports have come in of over 100 dead birds along the lakefront and scattered as far inland as a mall in Skokie ...

Bird flu pops up every year in the same way that flu season does for humans. Each time there's a different strain as ...

The Town, in collaboration with state officials, continues removing deceased birds and wildlife. With only one U.S. lab able to confirm cases, test results are still pending. Full press release for ...

The highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus, also called bird flu, continues its seemingly inexorable march across the ...

Doug Sinclair, Director of Public Health for Yates County, noted that H5N1 cases have been documented for several years in ...

The risk of bird flu to humans is low, but eating undercooked eggs or chicken could increase your chances of exposure to ...

Connecticut is expanding access to birth control. Pharmacists are now allowed to prescribe contraception and students can buy it on college campuses.

The virus can cause high levels of sickness and death in free ranging waterfowl, shorebirds and raptors. Game and Fish ...

A man was charged with home invasion, attempted sex assault, and other crimes after a woman reported that she woke up to find ...

Over a dozen geese were found dead on the ice of a river in Putnam because of suspected bird flu, according to the state ...

Officials are looking to blame the bird flu for nearly a dozen geese found dead in the river at Rotary Park.The town is ...