It's not clear how the British Columbia teenager picked up the virus, which has been detected recently in wild birds and ...

It said this was the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 - the major strain - this season. The H5N5 strain was detected on a farm in the East Riding of Yorkshire earlier ...

Four people in Washington state are suffering from bird flu, prompting fears about the illness spreading to other agricultural workers in the U.S. Also known as avian influenza A (H5N1), the ...

A case of H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. Pigs represent a ...

Five new human cases of H5N1 bird flu have been detected in California. Oregon’s first known human case has been confirmed. Authorities say all cases were transmitted from animals to humans ...

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The teenager who is sick with the first-ever human case of avian influenza acquired in Canada is in hospital in critical ...

A Canadian teenager hospitalised with suspected H5N1 bird flu is now in critical condition, health authorities said on Tuesday. The patient, Canada’s first presumed human case of H5N1 ...

Swine are considered by health officials to be efficient influenza mixing bowls. The infected pig was not destined for commerical food production and federal officials say there is no concern ...

A B.C. teen has a suspected case of H5N1 avian flu — the first known human to acquire the virus in Canada. The provincial ...