avian flu

A new strain of avian flu could become a major issue that takes years to recover from.

After more than a month, Illinois officials say that residents can once again put out their bird feeders and bird baths amid efforts to contain a virulent strain of avian flu.

“You just want to beat your head against the wall,” one farmer said of the Facebook groups in which people incorrectly insist the flu is fake or, maybe, a bioweapon.

Michigan officials have temporarily banned all poultry and waterfowl exhibitions amid the avian flu outbreak that’s spreading quickly across the U.S. and has prompted farms to euthanize millions of birds.

A highly contagious strain of avian flu has been detected in a human for the first time in the U.S.

Illinois residents are being asked to take down bird feeders and bird baths as a virulent strain of avian flu spreads across the state, but where have outbreaks been detected and what more can you do to help?

A look back at the top news headlines for this week in news with Kye Martin.

Illinois residents are being asked to take down bird feeders and bird baths as a virulent strain of avian flu spreads across the state, but where have outbreaks been detected and what more can you do to help?

Illinois residents are being encouraged to take down bird feeders and bird baths through the end of May to help combat the spread of a virulent strain of avian flu that has been devastating wild and domestic bird populations in the state.

Hundreds of birds have been found dead at a suburban Chicago lake, according to wildlife officials, marking the first major avian flu outbreak in the Great Lakes region this year as experts fear hundreds more could soon be found.

Hundreds of birds have been found dead at a suburban Chicago lake, according to wildlife officials, marking the first major avian flu outbreak in the Great Lakes region this year as experts fear hundreds more could soon be found.

Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza.

The state Department of Natural Resources says avian influenza has been confirmed in wild birds found in three southeastern Michigan counties

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture confirmed Monday a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly referred to as “bird flu,” in a commercial poultry flock in the state’s Jefferson Country.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture confirmed Monday a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly referred to as “bird flu,” in a commercial poultry flock in the state’s Jefferson Country.

State officials say a strain of avian flu that can cause high mortality rates among birds confirmed at a commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana has not spread to neighboring farms.

Federal and state agencies say a strain of avian flu that can cause high mortality rates among birds has been confirmed at a commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana.

Violent clashes between protestors and Iranian authorities killed 21 people as of Jan. 2, on the sixth day of protests in Iran that sparked over a weak economy and a hike in food prices. Hundreds were arrested, with some possibly facing the death penalty.

Breaking his silence over nationwide protests that included calls for his ouster, Iran’s supreme leader on Tuesday blamed the demonstrations on “enemies of Iran,” saying they were meddling in its internal affairs. The remarks by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the demonstrations — the largest seen in Iran since its disputed 2009 presidential election — came after a bloody night that...

Clashes overnight between protesters and security forces in Iran killed nine people, state television reported Tuesday, including some rioters who tried to storm a police station to steal weapons. The demonstrations, the largest to strike Iran since its disputed 2009 presidential election, have seen six days of unrest across the country and a death toll of at least 20. Offering...