3 days ago · Officials urged residents of the Chicago area not to touch -- or let their pets touch -- dead or sick birds as a bird flu outbreak sickens and kills many across the region. The warning comes amid ...

The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) is closely monitoring the bird flu situation and risk bird flu poses to people. For Chicagoans who know they have been exposed to bird flu, CDPH monitors their health for 10 days after their exposure.

2 days ago · Bird flu is a type of influenza and a subtype of the disease humans normally contract, said Dr. Robert Murphy, an infectious disease specialist at Northwestern Medicine and executive director of ...

4 days ago · Hundreds of ducks infected with avian influenza — H5N1 bird flu — have been found along the shores of Lake Michigan in the Chicago area, prompting warnings from area health officials. The ...

3 days ago · A group of dead mergansers on Chicago’s lakefront. (Courtesy of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors) Avian influenza has been circulating in wild birds since the late 1990s, with some strains deadlier than others. The latest strain, H5N1, which broke out in 2021-22, is what’s known as “highly pathogenic” or HPAI for short, meaning it causes ...

3 days ago · Annette Prince, director of the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, told NBC Chicago that between 200-300 infected mergansers were reported to her organization over the weekend. Volunteers from the group counted about 100 dead birds over the weekend, Prince told Block Club. ... H5N1, or bird flu, is caused by the avian influenza A virus, which ...

Jan 23, 2025 · A number of bird flu cases have been reported in the Chicago area in recent weeks, leading to many questions about how quickly the virus is spreading and how worried residents should be.

4 days ago · Chicago Bird Collision Monitors/Provided Share Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been found either dead or sick over the past few days along Lake Michigan in Chicago and into the northern ...

3 days ago · The Brief. Avian flu is devastating bird populations along Chicago’s lakefront, with hundreds of dead waterfowl reported in recent days. Volunteers are finding large numbers of sick and dead ...

Dec 30, 2024 · While the flu poses minimal immediate risk to humans, experts warn that the virus’ rapid spread among birds and mammals could increase the likelihood of mutations, potentially creating a strain more transmissible to humans. So far, Illinois has reported no human cases of …