The patient, a Mercer County man who works on a farm, contracted the virus after coming into contact with an infected dead bird.

Anxieties are high as experts warn the avian flu outbreak could worsen in the spring, but egg prices are spurring more ...

Avian influenza can be highly severe and can kill poultry such as chickens. (Charlie Neibergall/The Associated Press)Avian ...

Can your pet get bird flu? Is it safe if your neighbor has backyard chickens? We're answering reader questions about avian influenza.

BUCKEYE, Ariz. — The recent Avian Flu outbreak has hit an Arizona chicken farm, causing them to lose roughly a million chickens to the disease. In the wake of the loss, Hickman's Family Farms has had ...

A positive case of “bird flu” was found in a backyard poultry flock in Madison County, leading to 15 ducks and geese being ...

HPAI spreads easily among birds and – while rare – can spread from birds to people. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

A new study shows that bird flu has silently spread from animals to some veterinarians. The study published Thursday by the ...

The first human case of bird flu in Ohio was reported in a farm worker from Mercer County. There have been 68 human cases of ...

It's no secret that egg prices have gotten steeper, but what does that mean for Illinois producers and consumers?

We talked to experts about where the science is on risks to humans and how the virus is messing with the food supply.