Annette Prince, director of the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors picks up a dead red-breasted merganser at 35th Street Beach ...

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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.

While it's tragic and alarming to see a massive die-off, it's not uncommon for birds that travel in such large populations.

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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