More than 1,500 sandhill cranes have been found dead in Indiana, placing them among the latest victims of the highly contagious bird flu strain H5N1, reports the Post-Tribune’s Amy Lavalley. The tall,

There is no cure for the disease, which has a high mortality rate among birds but remains a low risk to people, according to the CDC

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources continues to detect highly pathogenic avian influenza aka HPAI in wild birds throughout Indiana and has currently detected the H5NI virus in 30 counties, including Jackson County where 648 suspected cases have been reported.

But an Indiana Department of Natural Resources specialist says that case numbers should drop as temperatures warm.

As avian flu continues to spread across the U.S., wiping out egg-laying chicken flocks and creating a shift in consumer habits, grocery stores have reported dwindling supplies and

The bird flu is taking out wildlife in some parts of Indiana. Birds known as the sandhill cranes are turning up dead on frozen lakes in LaPorte County, Indiana. Sign up for our Newsletters Around 600 cranes have died in Jackson County,

More than 1,500 iconic sandhill cranes have been killed by bird flu in Indiana, officials say, the latest development in the spread of the highly infectious respiratory illness. Volunteers in masks and gloves have been collecting the 15-pound birds from shorelines,