A teenager in Canada, hospitalized with the country's first case of the H5N1 bird flu, is in critical condition. Health ...

British Columbia health officials have yet to identify a likely source of the infection, though none of the teen's contacts ...

Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza remains low ...

Cases of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy and poultry workers have largely been mild. However, a new case in a British Columbia ...

TORONTO — Health Canada has authorized three influenza vaccines that could be used if bird flu became a pandemic, the agency ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) today confirmed a human case of avian influenza (also known as bird flu) caused by ...

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.

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.

Initial testing had indicated the teenager’s infection was from bird flu and was confirmed in further testing, the Public ...

A Canadian teen who is in critical condition after contracting H5N1 bird flu was infected with a version of the virus that is different from the one circulating in U.S. cattle.

There have been dozens of confirmed human cases of bird flu in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the symptoms, risks and ...

Avian flu typically spreads between wild and domestic birds but can spread to other animals and people. There have now been ...