The infected birds "present with tremors and little ability to move," said a local conservation group tracking the outbreak.

Officials urged residents of the Chicago area not to touch -- or let their pets touch -- dead or sick birds as a bird flu ...

Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been affected by a bird flu outbreak on Chicago's Lake Michigan shoreline, raising ...

Wildlife professionals and advocates are grappling with an avian influenza outbreak that seems to be growing more virulent ...

Thinking about backyard chickens as egg prices soar? Think hard, especially in light of the bird flu outbreak.

Some bakeries and restaurants around the Chicago area have already been left shell-shocked by raising egg prices.

The outbreak started in December and has now spread from a few reports in the suburbs to hundreds in the city, along Lake ...

Hundreds of dead or sick red-breasted mergansers have been found along Lake Michigan, sparking bird flu concerns.

Don’t be a hero if you spot birds or animals showing signs of avian flu (dead or distressed birds, multiple signs of sickness). Our instinct is to help, but trying to help a bird with avian flu likely ...

According to police, officers responded to Pete & Jerry’s Organics in Antrim Township for a reported theft of 100,000 eggs. The eggs were stolen from the back of a distribution trailer on Feb. 1, at 8 ...

Flu activity is still spiking across the United States as the country faces a winter wave of respiratory illness. The post-holiday surge in influenza cases and hospitalizations is straining ...

The nationwide spread of highly pathogenetic avian influenza, HPAI, also known as avian or bird flu has many in Illinois concerned about livestock, pets, wildlife food safety, and public health.