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Vaccine authorized for emergency use in California condors amid bird flu outbreak

California condors will receive a vaccine for a deadly strain of avian influenza that threatens to wipe out the already critically endangered vulture species, federal officials said Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service granted emergency approval for use of the vaccine after more than a dozen condors recently died from the bird flu, known as H5N1. More here: https://www.kcra.com/article/california-condor-bird-flu-vaccine-emergency-use/43910477