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Illinois Ticks Trigger Meat Allergy in People
October 26, 2026 / In the News

Jacksonville Journal-Courier (Oct. 22) — Alpha-gal syndrome, a potentially life-changing allergy triggered by tick bites, is drawing growing concern in Illinois as the ticks linked to the condition spread north. Illinois epidemiology professor Becky Smith…
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Plover’s Death Not Caused by HPAI

June 01, 2022 / In the News

SeattlePI (May 31) – A necropsy on a beloved, endangered shorebird in Chicago named Monty the Piping Plover shows he died of a respiratory infection, experts said Tuesday. The Lincoln Park Zoo said it partnered…
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