Canada’s National Microbiology Lab confirmed the presumptive prognosis after testing genomic sequencing, officials said.
As health officials investigate the source, farmers worry about the disease’s impact on the local agriculture industry.
or bird flu, on Oahu for the first time from a wastewater sampling site. The specimen was collected on Nov. 7, 2024 and DOH received the result on Nov. 12. The type of H5 avian influenza was H5N1, ...
Hawaiʻi DOH found H5 avian flu in an Oʻahu wastewater sample, the first such detection in the state, prompting further ...
Canadian health officials have confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen. The Public Health Agency of Canada said ...
Another cause for concern: flu season is underway in the U.S., and as seasonal influenza virus goes around, “humans, ...
A teenager has been left in critical condition after contracting the first presumptive human case of avian influenza in ...
A teenager is in critical condition in a British Columbia children’s hospital with what is likely Canada’s first human case ...
Health officials were struggling to answer a broader and potentially worrisome question: how the infection occurred.
H5N1 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows, with several ...
While the exact strain is yet to be determined, authorities have presumed the virus is H5N1 – the strain currently ...
Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in American dairy herds and poultry flocks, Canadian officials have announced ...