The bird flu is a disease caused by avian influenza A viruses that mostly spreads between birds. One type, H5 bird flu, is behind the outbreaks in the U.S.,and is causing illness in humans, cattle ...

Hundreds of ducks die of bird flu along Lake Michigan shoreline 02:13. CHICAGO — Monitors with an area bird tracking organization say that they've determined that a number of ducks have ...

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.

While rare, bird flu has infected over 140 cats since 2022, according to government data. Here's how to protect your pets.

Between Dec. 29, 2024, and Jan. 17 of this year, there were 65 new detections of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds across 20 states, according to data published by the U.S ...

While a bird flu vaccine rollout isn't necessary yet, the experts say, we may need it if certain conditions arise. So far in this outbreak, there have been 68 human cases of bird flu in the U.S ...

In January, a northern Illinois farm lost some 3,000 chickens to suspected bird flu. The virus has also been detected in a captive hawk in DuPage County, while Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo has lost ...

"We certainly have been keeping an eye on H5N1, which is avian influenza, in particular in the U.S. because we're seeing more and more human cases lately," Rodgers told NBC Chicago.

In addition to the man who died from severe bird flu, or H5N1, at least 66 people in the U.S. were infected in 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control — with almost all of the cases ...

Avian flu is devastating bird populations along Chicago’s lakefront, with hundreds of dead waterfowl reported in recent days. Volunteers are finding large numbers of sick and dead birds ...

Health Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo loses flamingo, seal to bird flu The zoo received the results of Teal, a Chilean Flamingo, and Slater, a Harbor Seal’s death and they confirm the cause as Avian ...