It’s the latest in a string of deaths and infections in and around Chicago. Outbreaks of the virus, also called H5N1 or avian flu, have decimated poultry flocks and infected cattle herds nationwide.

Avian influenza spreads in birds, cows and other animals, and it can sometimes spread to people. In the United States, there has been 68 total reported human cases and one death.

CHICAGO — 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.

Slater, a 7-year-old harbor seal, died of avian influenza on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Lincoln Park Zoo ...

Avian flu is devastating bird populations along Chicago’s lakefront, with hundreds of dead waterfowl reported in recent days.

Testing confirmed that highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, was responsible for the deaths of a Chilean flamingo on Jan. 8 and a harbor seal on Jan. 9.

Bird flu spreading in wild birds across the U.S. Between Dec. 29, 2024, and Jan. 17 of this year, there were 65 new detections of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds across 20 ...

CHICAGO — A harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo at Chicago‘s Lincoln Park Zoo died from avian influenza last week, zoo officials confirmed Wednesday.According to a spokesperson for the zoo ...

Similar, though less powerful, immunity may arise from previous exposure to the N1 component, as well as from T-cells primed to attack other types of flu virus. These, too, may mitigate the ...

In addition to the man who died from severe bird flu, or H5N1, at least 66 people in the U.S. were infected in 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control — with almost all of the cases ...

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.