Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada: Update on …
2 days ago · The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) today confirmed a human case of avian influenza (also known as bird flu) caused by influenza A(H5N1) virus in Canada. ... for British Columbia reported that a teenager in British Columbia was hospitalized and tested presumptive positive for H5 avian influenza. Today, the Public Health Agency of Canada's ...
Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first human case of H5 …
1 day ago · A British Columbia teen who contracted Canada's first known human case of H5 bird flu has deteriorated swiftly in recent days and is now in critical condition, health officials reported Tuesday.
Bird flu: Canada teen in critical condition with H5 virus | CNN
2 days ago · CNN —. A Canadian teenager is hospitalized in critical condition with suspected bird flu, health officials reported Tuesday. The teen has been receiving care at BC Children’s Hospital in ...
What Canada does to monitor H5N1 avian flu | CBC News
9 hours ago · Scientists at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg sequenced the genome of the virus from the infected B.C. teen to confirm it is H5N1. The tests showed the version of the virus is ...
Teen with bird flu in Canada hospitalized in critical condition - NBC News
1 day ago · Nov. 13, 2024, 6:14 AM PST / Source: Reuters. By Reuters. A teenager is in critical condition in a British Columbia children’s hospital, sick with Canada’s first presumptive human case of ...
B.C. investigating 1st presumptive human avian flu case caught in Canada
5 days ago · B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, says the case marks the first time H5 avian influenza has been caught by a person in Canada, as far as they know, although there have been ...
BC Gov News
5 days ago · An individual in British Columbia has tested presumptive positive for avian influenza (also known as bird flu) caused by the H5 influenza virus, the first detection of avian influenza due to the H5 virus in a person in B.C. This is also the first detection of a presumed human case of H5 avian influenza acquired in Canada.
Canada reports 1st local case of H5 bird flu | Live Science
3 days ago · A hospitalized teen in British Columbia is likely Canada's first case of H5 bird flu contracted within the country, officials reported Saturday (Nov. 9). H5 bird flu viruses are a broad group of ...
‘Rare event’: Canada records its first human bird flu case
4 days ago · Canada has had no cases reported in dairy cattle and no evidence of bird flu in samples of milk. In the decades since H5 has been found in humans, there have been rare cases where an animal source ...
A human bird flu case is thought to be found in Canada for the …
3 days ago · A case of H5 bird flu is believed to be detected in a human in Canada for the first time, health officials said Saturday. A teenager from the province of British Columbia tested positive for the ...