Bird flu is increasingly sparking concern across the country and in Illinois, following news this week of the first human death from the virus in the U.S., and of birds found throughout Illinois ...

CHICAGO — 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. The Chicago Bird Collision Monitors ...

A massive group of dead waterfowl that washed up along the southern shores of Lake Michigan near Chicago and its northern suburbs is believed to be linked to the ongoing bird flu outbreak ...

Is there a bird flu vaccine? Experts discuss progress amid ‘alarming' outbreak A vaccine for poultry was just approved. Will we need a bird flu vaccine for humans, too?

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

Although the avian flu (H5N1) virus may not be making the news as frequently, it is still working hard behind the scenes, ...

Officials urged residents of the Chicago area not to touch -- or let their pets touch -- dead or sick birds as a bird flu outbreak sickens and kills many across the region.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday it has ended its emergency response for H5N1 bird flu, ...

CHICAGO - The avian flu outbreak that has killed millions of chickens nationwide, driving up the price of eggs, is now leaving a grim scene along Chicago’s lakeshore.

Bald eagle's death from bird flu in Chicago suburb part of spike in cases in Illinois The increase in cases in the state comes as a Louisiana man with underlying health conditions died from the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering a potential plan to vaccinate poultry against bird flu for the first time ...