British Columbia teenager in critical condition with H5N1 bird flu
A teenager in British Columbia who is being treated in the critical care unit was confirmed to have been infected with the bird flu virus.
Canadian teenager infected with H5N1 bird flu in critical condition
A teenager in British Columbia is in critical condition after being exposed to H5N1 bird flu. The source of the virus has not been determined. The teen is the first presumptive case of H5N1 bird flu in Canada. Canadian health officials announced Tuesday ...
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 the youth was exposed.
Canadian Teen With Suspected Bird Flu Is in Critical Condition
A Canadian teenager is currently in critical condition after contracting a suspected case of H5N1 bird flu, a British Columbia health official announced on Tuesday. Canada's First
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.
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, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. Since Influenza A or flu viruses are named after the animal where they are most commonly found,
Canada Reports First Human Case Of H5N1 Bird Flu
A teenager in British Columbia, Canada has been hospitalized with a presumed case of H5N1 bird flu, the first detected human case in the country in the current outbreak.
Bird flu is confirmed in hospitalized Canadian teen
Initial testing had indicated the teenager’s infection was from bird flu and was confirmed in further testing, the Public Health Agency of Canada said in a statement. The teen has been hospitalized in Vancouver since Friday and was reported in critical condition on Tuesday.
1st case of avian flu in Canada confirmed. Health Canada says there are vaccines
Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza remains low, people should avoid contact with sick or dead birds.
Canadian teen in critical condition with bird flu; source of exposure is unknown
A Canadian teenager is hospitalized in critical condition with bird flu, health officials reported Tuesday. The teen has been receiving care at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver since Friday, the same day an initial test came back positive for H5 influenza.
Canada Detects Its First Human Case of Bird Flu
A teenager in British Columbia was hospitalized in critical condition with the disease, and officials were working to find out how the person was exposed to the virus.
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Build vaccine stockpile, use wastewater testing for H5N1 bird flu, experts urge
When it comes to surveillance, PHAC said provincial and territorial public health agencies must report both “confirmed and ...
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First presumptive human case of H5N1 avian flu acquired in Canada detected in teen
British Columbia's Ministry of Health says the first suspected human case of highly pathogenic avian flu contracted in Canada ...
Bird flu scare in Canada: First human case confirmed – Here’s what you need to know
A teenager in British Columbia has become the first person in Canada to test positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu. Health ...
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Canada's national lab confirms H5N1 in hospitalized teen
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) today announced that the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg has ...
H5N1 bird flu infects five more humans in California, and one in Oregon
Health officials have announced six more H5N1 bird flu infections in humans: five in California and the first known case in ...