{"id":19923,"date":"2025-10-06T10:49:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=19923"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:49:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:49:40","slug":"illinois-unaffected-by-avian-influenza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/19923-illinois-unaffected-by-avian-influenza\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois &#8220;Unaffected&#8221; by Avian Influenza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois Department of Agriculture have announced that the US Department of Agriculture has declared Illinois to be &#8220;unaffected&#8221; by H5N1 avian influenza, a recognition of the state&#8217;s efforts working with local health departments, dairy farms, and agricultural organizations to keep the illness from impacting the state&#8217;s dairy supply. 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