B.C.'s chief vet tells clinics to set up bird flu protocols amid human exposure risk
British Columbia's chief veterinarian has told clinics that treat wild birds that they must establish protocols to prevent ...
Cinema Eye Honors Film Nominations: ‘Sugarcane' Leads With Six; Four Docs Tied With Five Apiece
Sugarcane, the story of sexual abuse and disappearances at a school for Indigenous children in British Columbia, leads the ...
B.C. farmer devastated to cull 30,000 hens after bird flu outbreak
An egg farm in B.C. fell victim to an outbreak of avian influenza earlier this month, leaving the farmer no choice but to ...
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Teen Hospitalized with Avian Influenza: First Human Case Detected in Canada
A teen in British Columbia was hospitalized recently with avian influenza, the first detected human case in Canada.
Will bird flu be the next pandemic and could it cause a lockdown? What experts say
There have been dozens of confirmed human cases of bird flu in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the symptoms, risks and ...
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Teen sickened with Canada's first human case of bird flu is in critical condition — and the source remains a mystery
A teenager in Canada is critically ill with the country's first human case of H5N1 bird flu. Health officials aren't sure how ...
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, ...
Canada confirms first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 bird flu
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed the first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 avian influenza in ...
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CDC taps Alveo for bird flu test development as H5N1 spreads
The CDC wants Alveo to make rapid, portable A(H5) diagnostic tests "to support response efforts in the event of an outbreak." ...
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Bird flu: Canadian teenager is critically ill with new genotype
A Canadian adolescent is in a critical condition in a British Columbia hospital after becoming infected with a new genotype of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The patient, who has not ...