Most of the 69 reported cases of bird flu in humans have been traced through dairy cows like these Iowa ones, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nightmare scenario is, of ...

Bird flu has returned to the Midwest earlier than authorities expected after a lull of several months, with the highly pathogenic disease being detected in a commercial turkey flock in western ...

The birds flying south for the winter are bringing with them a renewed threat of the deadly, highly transmissible avian influenza. No confirmed cases of bird flu have been reported on Iowa farms since ...

People participating in the "Great Backyard Bird Count" this weekend might spot black-capped chickadees, which are common in many Midwest and Great Plains states. The annual “Great Backyard Bird Count ...

Midwest farmers are warily watching as one strain of a highly contagious bird flu virus infects and kills humans in China and another less-worrying but still highly contagious strain infects a ...

Wind turbines could be forcing native bird populations into decline in the Great Plains, a government study finds, raising new concerns about the long-term effects of renewable energy on wildlife. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2005 file photo, turkeys are seen at a turkey farm near Sauk Centre, Minn. Bird flu has returned to Midwest ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Bird flu has returned to the Midwest earlier than authorities expected after a lull of several months, with the highly pathogenic disease being detected in two commercial turkey flocks ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bird flu has returned to the Midwest earlier than authorities expected after a lull of several months, with the highly pathogenic disease being detected in two commercial turkey ...