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.

Avian influenza spreads in birds, cows and other animals, and it can sometimes spread to people. In the United States, there has been 68 total reported human cases and one death.

Teal, a Chilean flamingo chick, died of avian influenza on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Lincoln Park Zoo Teal hatched this past fall, the release said.

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 ...

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.

MATTESON, Ill. (CBS) -- A family-run farm in Chicago's south suburbs was grappling Wednesday with what they said was a devastating case of bird flu. Kakadoodle Farm in Matteson lost its entire ...

Annette Prince, executive director of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, holds a bald eagle found in Hinsdale that was euthanized after officials said it came down with bird flu.

Is there a bird flu vaccine for chickens? Just last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture conditionally approved a vaccine to protect poultry from avian influenza.

Two animal deaths at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago have been traced to an outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, according to a statement from zoo officials on Wednesday. It also announced that ...

Though the current public health risk of H5N1 bird flu is low, the University of Florida (UF) is taking a proactive approach ...