Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada: Update on Avian …
1 day ago · The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) today confirmed a human case of avian influenza (also known as bird flu) caused by influenza A(H5N1) virus in Canada. This is the first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 avian influenza.
1st case of avian flu in Canada confirmed. Health Canada says …
1 day ago · Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza remains low, people should avoid contact with sick or dead birds.
Teen sickened with Canada's first human case of bird flu is in …
5 hours ago · A teenager in Canada is critically ill with the country's first human case of H5N1 bird flu. Health officials aren't sure how the youth was exposed. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...
What Canada does to monitor H5N1 avian flu | CBC News
6 hours ago · A teenager diagnosed with bird flu in British Columbia is the first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 avian influenza, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. Since Influenza A or flu ...
Canadian Teenager Is Country’s First Human Bird Flu Case
1 day ago · Nov. 13, 2024. Leer en español. A teenager was hospitalized and in critical condition after contracting bird flu, in what Canadian officials said on Tuesday was the country’s first known case ...
B.C. investigating 1st presumptive human avian flu case caught in Canada
4 days ago · B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, says the case marks the first time H5 avian influenza has been caught by a person in Canada, as far as they know, although there have been ...
Canada reports first human bird flu case in teen in critical condition
1 day ago · A British Columbia teen who contracted Canada's first known human case of H5 bird flu has deteriorated swiftly in recent days and is now in critical condition, health officials reported Tuesday.
A human bird flu case is thought to be found in Canada for the …
3 days ago · A 2005 electron microscope image shows an avian influenza A H5N1 virion. A case of H5 bird flu is believed to be detected in a human in Canada for the first time, health officials said Saturday. A ...
Lab confirms Canada’s first case of avian flu in humans in BC ...
1 day ago · Canada’s Public Health Agency has confirmed that a B.C. teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country’s first human case of domestically acquired avian flu. The agency said in a statement ...
‘Rare event’: Canada records its first human bird flu case
4 days ago · Canada has confirmed its first human case of bird flu after a teenager tested positive for the virus, according to health authorities. The teenager, from the western province of British...