British Columbia teenager in critical condition with H5N1 bird flu
A teenager in British Columbia who is being treated in the critical care unit was confirmed to have been infected with the bird flu virus.
First presumptive human case of H5N1 avian flu acquired in Canada detected in teen
British Columbia's Ministry of Health says the first suspected human case of highly pathogenic avian flu contracted in Canada has been detected in B.C. A
Canadian teen hospitalized in critical condition with deadly bird flu
Canada’s National Microbiology Lab confirmed the presumptive prognosis after testing genomic sequencing, officials said.
Canadian teenager infected with H5N1 bird flu in critical condition
Cases of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy and poultry workers have largely been mild. However, a new case in a British Columbia teenager has experts worried.
Canada’s First Human Case of H5 Bird Flu Leaves Teen in Critical Condition
British Columbia health officials have yet to identify a likely source of the infection, though none of the teen's contacts have tested positive for the virus so far.
Canada's national lab confirms H5N1 in hospitalized teen
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) today announced that the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg has confirmed that the H5 avian flu detected in a British Columbia (BC) teen is the H5N1 virus.
Bird flu is confirmed in hospitalized Canadian teen
Canadian health officials have confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen. The Public Health Agency of Canada said Wednesday that tests showed the virus involved was related to a bird flu outbreak in poultry in the province.
H5N1 bird flu infects five more humans in California, and one in Oregon
Health officials have announced six more H5N1 bird flu infections in humans: five in California and the first known case in Oregon.
Canadian Teen With Suspected Bird Flu Is in Critical Condition
A Canadian teenager is currently in critical condition after contracting a suspected case of H5N1 bird flu, a British Columbia health official announced on Tuesday. Canada's First
Oregon Confirms First Human Case of Bird Flu
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed highly pathogenic form of bird flu in a person linked to a commercial poultry operation in Clackamas County in Oregon. "There is no evidence of person-to-person transmission and the risk to the public is low,
CDC confirms Oregon's first human case of bird flu
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed highly pathogenic form of bird flu in a person in Oregon. The infected person is linked to a previously reported outbreak tied to a commercial poultry operation in the state,
1st case of H5N1 avian flu in Canada confirmed. Health Canada says there are vaccines
Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza remains low ...
What Canada does to monitor H5N1 avian flu
A teenager diagnosed with bird flu in British Columbia is the first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 avian influenza, ...
Will bird flu be the next pandemic and could it cause a lockdown? What experts say
Oregon confirms its first human bird flu case, the latest in dozens of cases in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the ...