A teenager in British Columbia is in critical condition after being exposed to H5N1 bird flu, although the source of the virus has not been determined. Above, chickens walk in a fenced pasture at ...

Canada reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus in the province of British Columbia, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday.

To date, there have been 46 confirmed human cases of H5N1 infections in the US during 2024, with 21 cases just in California. As of mid-November, 505 dairy herds have been affected across 15 states.

Genetic testing showed the patient was infected with the same H5N1 strain seen in wild birds in British Columbia -- clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1 -- and that it most closely matched that of wild ...

In British Columbia, H5N1 has been detected in wild birds, on poultry farms and among small wild mammals, including skunks and foxes. However, unlike in the US, ...

British Columbia currently has 26 H5N1 outbreaks in poultry operations, many in the Fraser Valley in the southwestern part of the province. The infected teenager lives in that part of the province.

A British Columbia doctor who treated a 13-year-old avian flu patient says the case has made him concerned about the potential for more human H5N1 infections. While the patient was recently ...

H5N1’s hemagglutinin preferentially binds to cells with receptors known as alpha 2-3, ... The British Columbia teen was admitted to hospital on Nov. 8 and remains in critical condition there, ...

B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Perry Kendall, addresses concerns over avian influenza after a traveller who flew from Beijing to Vancouver later died from the H5N1 virus.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses are circulating among wild birds and poultry in British Columbia, Canada. 1 These viruses are also recognized to cause illness in humans. Here, we ...

Canada reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus in the province of British Columbia, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday.