The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the risk of an outbreak of the bird flu in humans is low, although ...

Wild birds are particularly well suited to take this virus global — and fast. "If the natural reservoir for this virus was any other animal species than birds, we might expect to see it only located ...

Everyday brings news of the spread of avian influenza A (H5N1), affecting flocks in more states, livestock, zoo animals and ...

Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, is taking a toll on migrating sandhill cranes and other waterfowl as the deadly ...

The Department of Natural Resources confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, was found in a merganser ...

The spread comes amid a "concerning" new mutation in bird flu that may indicate the virus could begin to more easily infect humans. Bird flu has been spreading, killing millions of wild and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As a national outbreak of bird flu is expanding, health officials in Illinois are now preparing ... They suspect the chickens got bird flu from wild birds that had been eating ...

The largest concentrations of sick mergansers were found Saturday at North Avenue Beach and Oak Street Beach. Other birds with symptoms were reported from Hyde Park to Wilmette between Friday and ...

Other duck species and Canada geese also were among ... likely contributed to the large number washing up on shore, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Reports of the dead birds ...

The Chicago Park District said it was "aware of the recent mortality event impacting bird species along ... According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, conservation officers ...

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

When she took her dog out to Oak Street Beach on their morning walk Sunday, Portia Belloc Lowndes came across a scene that was so disturbing, she said, it felt “like a horror show.” Around 20 dead ...