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With the devastating 1918 pandemic in mind, US health officials saw an outbreak in Asia and swung into action. What happened ...

A new type of bird flu has been detected in dairy cattle in Nevada, according to the USDA. The strain is different from the ...

This story first appeared in The Record North Shore, an independent nonprofit newsroom that covers six suburbs north of Evanston. More than ...

A version of the H5N1 virus that has killed one person and severely sickened another has been detected in milk samples ...

As a bird flu outbreak has caused the loss of 14 million egg-laying hens nationwide, local egg farmers are navigating through a difficult time.

KENSOSHA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Hundreds of dead birds are washing up on the shoreline of Lake Michigan due to bird flu, according to one leader of a Chicago-based group monitoring the situation.

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

While it's tragic and alarming to see a massive die-off, it's not uncommon for birds that travel in such large populations.

Dozens of dead and sick birds are washing ashore on Lake Michigan beaches in Illinois and Wisconsin, suspected of having the bird flu, according to state officials.

Some bakeries and restaurants around the Chicago area have already been left shell-shocked by raising egg prices.