Vaccinations for flu and COVID-19 in Chicago are down from last year, according to a report by local health officials.
The sources of exposure are unclear, but officials said it was almost certainly from contact with an infected waterfowl.
A harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo died from the bird flu this month at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, officials said.
Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease ...
Testing has confirmed that HPAI was the cause of death for Teal, a Chilean flamingo chick, on Jan. 8; and Slater, a harbor ...
Teal the Chilean flamingo had just been born last fall and Slater the harbor seal was often seen training with keepers ...
People hospitalized for flu should be tested for bird flu within 24 hours, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
According to a spokesperson for the zoo, testing confirmed that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was the cause of ...
Their deaths came within a day of each other, the Chicago zoo said in a Jan. 15 news release. Teal, a months-old Chilean ...
Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo announced the death of a Harbor Seal and a Chilean Flamingo as a result of the Avian Influenza, a highly pathogenic disease in free-ranging waterfowls.
After two animals died of bird flu in Chicago, the Lincoln Park Zoo’s bird house will be closed for the near future.
Officials at Lincoln Park Zoo confirmed Wednesday that a harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo each died of highly pathogenic ...