A teenager in British Columbia, Canada has been hospitalized with a presumed case of H5N1 bird flu, the first detected human ...

H5N1 is one of several influenza viruses that causes a highly infectious respiratory disease in birds called avian influenza ...

B.C. health officials are investigating what's believed to be the first human case of avian influenza caught in Canada after ...

BC announced on Saturday afternoon that an individual in British Columbia had tested presumptive positive for avian influenza ...

CANADA, November 9 - An individual in British Columbia has tested presumptive positive for avian influenza (also known as bird flu) caus ...

B.C. health officials say they have detected Canada's first-ever case of H5 avian influenza in a human. In a news release ...

British Columbia’s Ministry of Health says the first suspected human case of bird flu contracted in Canada has been detected ...

British Columbia's Ministry of Health says the first suspected human case of bird flu contracted in Canada has been detected ...

Through tissue samples, WSU researchers at the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL) were able to first identify H5N1 in the birds, but the tests in seals were harder to confirm. “We ...

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says it is “a rare event” and only a handful of cases of bird flu, caused by the ...

A teenager from British Columbia has become the first reported case of avian flu in Canada, prompting a thorough ...