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,

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,

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

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

Officials say that dozens of migrating sandhill cranes were found dead at a Northwest Indiana lake in recent days, with bird flu the suspected cause of death.

An unvaccinated child in Texas has died from measles, authorities said Wednesday, marking the first US fatality from the highly contagious disease in nearly a decade as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed a growing outbreak.Around 20 have been hospitalized in Texas, and officials warn the outbreak is likely to grow.