Migrant farmworkers are on the front lines of the H5N1 surge — but deportation fears complicate virus surveillance ...

Live bird markets in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County will be shut down for a week after seven cases of ...

A federal scientific publication has returned from a forced two-week hiatus with two papers examining the health effects of wildfires in Hawaii and California.

In an announcement, the zoo said the closure "is out of an abundance of caution meant to protect our avian population from ...

Power move: Republicans have little weight in Springfield, but their walkout grated on Democrats who accused them of shirking their jobs to represent constituents.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act, a new law aimed at helping grandparents and other ...

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

Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost ...

Dozens of dead and sick birds are washing ashore on Lake Michigan beaches in Illinois and Wisconsin, suspected of having the bird flu, according to state officials.

A mix of outdoors stories from Illinois, including information on nominating the Illinois Outdoor News Person of the Year ...

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

Will Riley scored 20 of his 24 points in the second half and No. 18 Illinois rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat Ohio ...