It’s the latest in a string of deaths and infections in and around Chicago. Outbreaks of the virus, also called H5N1 or avian flu, have decimated poultry flocks and infected cattle herds nationwide.

Slater, a 7-year-old harbor seal, died of avian influenza on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Lincoln Park Zoo ...

Before the eagle died, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources said there were 132 total reported deaths of birds from avian influenza in 22 different Illinois counties in the past month.

Avian flu is devastating bird populations along Chicago’s lakefront, with hundreds of dead waterfowl reported in recent days.

But once they are infected with avian flu, they start to suffer tremors and can't move. Officials say that, nationwide, since the H5N1 strain of bird flu reached the U.S. in 2022, more than 148 ...

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.

Masaio Ishizuka, a senior epidemiologist at the Sao Paulo University, said evidence suggests migratory birds have now ...

Purdue University researchers now have developed an innovative, paper-based diagnostic test for rapidly detecting avian ...

Testing for avian flu is only required for lactating dairy cattle. They will need the negative test result within ten days of ...