The McCormick Bird House would be closed "until further notice," the zoo said. Two animal deaths at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago have been traced to an outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu ...

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The person who had flu-like symptoms after coming into contact with fowl infected with bird flu at a public park in Waterford Township has tested negative. Oakland County Health Division officials ...

Lincoln Park Zoo Share Bird flu is being cited as the cause of the recent deaths of a Chilean flamingo and harbor seal at Lincoln Park Zoo, the zoo announced Wednesday. The flamingo, named Teal ...

Zoo officials said visitors aren’t at risk of contracting avian influenza from zoo animals, which is spread by free-ranging birds via their feces, saliva and nasal secretions. "It is no riskier to ...

After a year of rising bird flu cases among people in the United ... That same month, the USDA began a national milk testing strategy, sampling milk from multiple cows in bulk tanks.

They did say that zoo visitors are not at risk of contracting the disease from the animals at Lincoln Park zoo. "Because highly pathogenic avian influenza is spread by free-ranging birds ...

“Because highly pathogenic avian influenza is spread by free-ranging birds, it is no riskier to visit Lincoln Park Zoo than to enjoy a walk outdoors,” said President and CEO and ornithologist Megan ...

The lake sits east of the Icefields Parkway in the southern portion of the park, and travelers can access the area with their own car, in an excursion bus or even as part of a motorcycle tour.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo died from the bird flu this month at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, officials said. The flamingo died January 8 and the seal died January 9 ...

Maybe you imagine large armored dinosaurs like Ankylosaurus or Stegosaurus. But for Jingmai O’Connor, the dinosaurs she studies – look a lot more like birds. “If you looked at an artist’s ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory Thursday urging health-care workers treating patients hospitalized with the flu to perform an additional test for bird flu within ...