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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.

Where has bird flu been reported in Illinois? Are my pets at risk? Should I still be eating eggs? Here’s what to know about the avian flu outbreak.

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

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

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

The Milwaukee County Zoo has closed its Herb and Nada Mahler Family Aviary as a precautionary measure against avian influenza ...

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

Monitors with an area bird tracking organization say that they've determined that a number of ducks have succumbed to bird flu​ along Lake Michigan.