On Nov. 13, the Public Health Agency of Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg confirmed that the teen in B.C. has a human case of avian influenza.

It is not known how the teen contracted bord flu, according to British Columbia health officials A teenager in British ...

2:12 H5N1 avian influenza: B.C. reports 1st suspected human case of bird flu Health Canada has authorized three influenza vaccines that could be used if bird flu became a pandemic, the agency says.

This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid ...

Canada has reported H5N1 bird flu in wildlife and domestic birds. This year, there have been at least 24 reports of the virus in domestic bird facilities, including at least 10 infected premises in BC ...

USDA both regulating and promoting livestock industries – prevents appropriate responses to outbreaks of infectious disease.

The World Health Organization voiced alarm at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an ‘extraordinarily high’ mortality rate. Hong Kong should test for ...

In 2023, a highly pathogenic bird flu leapt to seals in South America, killing some 17,000 elephant seal pups (about 97 ...

No FDA-approved rapid tests exist that specifically test for H5N1, and the first near-point-of-care test for mpox was ...

Increased capabilities for genomic surveillance have offered new insights into global viral evolution. Seasonal flu showed a 'remarkable' bounce back to pre-pandemic levels once international air ...

Investigations are underway after a teenager from British Columbia, now receiving care in hospital, was infected via an unknown source.