What Canada does to monitor H5N1 avian flu
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has also been testing milk for signs of H5N1 in dairy cows. Canada has had no cases of H5N1 reported in dairy cattle. There's also no evidence of bird flu in samples of commercial milk. "Milk and milk products that have been pasteurized are safe to consume," the Public Health Agency of Canada said.
H5N1 Bird Flu Is Infecting More People Than We Know
New CDC research suggests that a small but significant percentage of dairy farmers working near infected cows have recently contracted H5N1, often without knowing.
Canadian teen’s bird flu infection is not the version found in cows
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.
Canada Confirms First Domestically Acquired Human Case Of H5N1 Bird Flu
Based on current evidence, the risk of avian influenza infection for the public remains low. The risk of bird flu infection is higher for those who have unprotected exposure to infected animals, PHAC said.
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.
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.
Teen infected in Canada’s first bird flu case is in critical condition
A Canadian teenager infected with bird flu — that country’s first case involving a locally acquired infection — is in critical condition and experiencing difficulty breathing, health officials said Tuesday.
Canada reports 1st local case of H5 bird flu
A teen in Canada may be the first person to catch an H5 bird flu virus within the country. Health officials are now working to confirm the diagnosis.
Teen in critical condition with Canada's first presumptive human case of bird flu
A teenager is in critical condition in a British Columbia children's hospital, sick with Canada's first presumptive human case of avian influenza. "This was a healthy teenager prior to this, so no underlying conditions,
Teen in Critical Condition After Contracting Canada's First ‘Presumptive’ Human Case of Bird Flu
It is not known how the teen contracted bord flu, according to British Columbia health officials A teenager in British Columbia, Canada, is in critical condition after contracting the first presumptive case of bird flu in the country,
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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 ...
Will bird flu be the next pandemic and could it cause a lockdown? What experts say
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Is It Time to Worry About Bird Flu?
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Invest in ‘triple rapid’ tests to fight mpox, H5N1 bird flu, and beyond
No FDA-approved rapid tests exist that specifically test for H5N1, and the first near-point-of-care test for mpox was ...
Hawaii is the only state without an H5N1 avian flu case. But a wastewater sample might say otherwise.
As health officials investigate the source, farmers worry about the disease’s impact on the local agriculture industry.
Bird flu leaves teen in critical condition after country's first reported case
A teenager has been left in critical condition after contracting the first presumptive human case of avian influenza in ...
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Hawaii officials investigate source of bird flu detected in Oahu wastewater
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also considers the risk of H5N1 virus infection to the public to be low, and is using flu surveillance to monitor for H5 bird flu activity in ...
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U.S. detects avian flu in a pig for the first time
H5N1 avian flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in hogs in the ...