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

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

Roughly 200-300 ducks have been found dead in Chicago and the northern suburbs around Lake Michigan in recent days, according ...

The infected birds "present with tremors and little ability to move," said a local conservation group tracking the outbreak.

Chicago Bird Collision Monitors advised residents who happen upon them to avoid handling birds with avian influenza symptoms ...

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

As it mutates, the bird flu has seemingly been able to infect other bird species, pets, other kinds of animals and, on rare ...

Officials urged residents of the Chicago area not to touch -- or let their pets touch -- dead or sick birds as a bird flu ...

Wildlife professionals and advocates are grappling with an avian influenza outbreak that seems to be growing more virulent ...

Hundreds of dead or sick red-breasted mergansers have been found along Lake Michigan, sparking bird flu concerns.

Reports of dead birds washing up on beaches along Lake Michigan are sparking new fears over bird flu. Over the weekend, ...