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5 days ago · An individual in British Columbia has tested presumptive positive for avian influenza (also known as bird flu) caused by the H5 influenza virus, the first detection of avian influenza due to the H5 virus in a person in B.C. This is also the first detection of a presumed human case of H5 avian influenza acquired in Canada.
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada: Update on …
2 days ago · On Saturday, November 9, the Office of the Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia reported that a teenager in British Columbia was hospitalized and tested presumptive positive for H5 avian influenza. Today, the Public Health Agency of Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg confirmed that the individual has avian ...
B.C. teen with avian flu is in critical condition, provincial health ...
2 days ago · The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says that, as of Nov. 10, 23 sites in B.C. — mostly commercial poultry operations — are actively dealing with avian flu infections. Over 6.4 million birds ...
Bird flu: What we know about Canada’s 1st human case detected …
3 days ago · Canada has detected its first presumptive case of H5 bird flu in a person, a teenager in B.C., health officials said on Saturday. The teen remains in B.C.’s Children’s Hospital and health ...
Teen with bird flu in Canada hospitalized in critical condition - NBC News
1 day ago · British Columbia health officials said on Saturday the province had detected Canada’s first human case of H5 bird flu in a teenager. Henry said the province is still identifying the exact strain ...
Bird flu: Canada teen in critical condition with H5 virus | CNN
2 days ago · More than two dozen poultry farms in British Columbia have been affected by H5N1, Henry said. Since 2022, about 11 million birds have been destroyed, with most of them in British Columbia.
Canada reports 1st local case of H5 bird flu | Live Science
3 days ago · A hospitalized teen in British Columbia is likely Canada's first case of H5 bird flu contracted within the country, officials reported Saturday (Nov. 9). H5 bird flu viruses are a broad group of ...
‘Rare event’: Canada records its first human bird flu case
4 days ago · The teenager, from the western province of British Columbia, is believed to have caught the H5 avian flu from a bird or animal, said a statement by the province on Saturday.
Canada detects its first presumptive human H5 bird flu case
5 days ago · OTTAWA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Canada has detected its first presumptive case of H5 bird flu in a person, a teenager in the western province of British Columbia, health officials said on Saturday.
B.C. investigating 1st presumptive human avian flu case caught in ...
5 days ago · British Columbia health officials are investigating what's believed to be the first human case of avian influenza caught in Canada after a teenager tested presumptively positive for the...
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