After two animals died of bird flu in Chicago, the Lincoln Park Zoo’s bird house will be closed for the near future.

Lincoln Park Zoo said the specific source of the exposure of the animals to bird flu, or H5N1 virus, is not known.

Over the past several months, bird-flu numbers have been steadily ticking up, especially among farmworkers who interact ...

Egg prices at Bellingham stores in December ranged from $2.47 to $5.29 per dozen. By Jan. 2, the same brands ranged from ...

Farmers, animal rescues and zookeepers in Rhode Island are taking precautions to protect animals, their workers and the ...

Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious ...

Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo announced the death of a Harbor Seal and a Chilean Flamingo as a result of the Avian Influenza, a highly pathogenic disease in free-ranging waterfowls.

Researchers have identified nine mutations in a bird flu strain from a person in Texas. Bad news: this strain is more capable of causing disease and replicates better in the brain. Good news: approved ...

Health officials say the consistent, very low-level detections indicate a high likelihood that H5 bird flu virus is on Kauai.

The nation's first human death due to the bird flu occurred this month, the latest development in a global outbreak that, ...

One of the earliest strains of bird flu isolated from a human in Texas shows a unique constellation of mutations that enable ...

Children enjoy chickens at a past Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee. Bird flu in January 2025 prompted a ban on ...