Canada Detects Its 1st Human Case of Bird Flu

Lab confirms Canada’s first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.
Canada’s Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country’s first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu. The
Human bird flu case presumed in Canada, teenage patient is hospitalized
The first presumed human case of avian influenza (H5N1, or bird flu) has been reported in Canada. An infectious disease expert weighs in on potential concerns.
First Human Case of Bird Flu Detected in Canada
Investigations are underway after a teenager from British Columbia, now receiving care in hospital, was infected via an unknown source.
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.
Teen in critical condition with Canada's first presumptive human case of bird flu
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, but assumes the case is H5N1. The World Health Organization ...
Canadian Teen Hospitalized in Critical Condition With Bird Flu
Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in American dairy herds and poultry flocks, Canadian officials have announced that a teen in British
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Teen in Critical Condition After Contracting Canada's First ‘Presumptive’ Human Case of Bird Flu
A teenager in British Columbia, Canada, is in critical condition after contracting the first presumptive case of bird flu ...
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First Case of Human Bird Flu Caught in British Columbia, Canada: Investigations Underway
The first human case of the H5 Avian Flu has been caught in British Columbia, Canada. The infected person, a teenager ...
Canada reports 1st local case of H5 bird flu
A teen in Canada may be the first person to catch an H5 bird flu virus within the country. Health officials are now working ...
Canada sees opportunity in these mines. Alaskans see a threat.
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Canada moves to end port lockouts and orders binding arbitration
Canada’s Labor Minister Steven Mackinnon says he is intervening to end lockouts at the country’s two biggest ports after the ...
Why B.C. and Canada could be attracting Mexican drug cartel activity
A Mexican journalist and author, who had to flee to Canada after reporting on cartel activities, said that transnational drug ...