Canadian teenager infected with H5N1 bird flu in critical condition
Cases of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy and poultry workers have largely been mild. However, a new case in a British Columbia teenager has experts worried.
Teen sickened with Canada's first human case of bird flu is in critical condition — and the source remains a mystery
A teenager in Canada is critically ill with the country's first human case of H5N1 bird flu. Health officials aren't sure how the youth was exposed.
Bird flu is confirmed in hospitalized Canadian teen
Canadian health officials have confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen. The Public Health Agency of Canada said Wednesday that tests showed the virus involved was related to a bird flu outbreak in poultry in the province.
Canadian Teenager Hospitalized in Critical Condition With Bird Flu
Canadian officials have announced that a teenager in British Columbia has been hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu.
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.
What Canada does to monitor H5N1 avian flu
Since Influenza A or flu viruses are named after the animal where they are most commonly found, avian viruses are naturally found in birds. H5N1 is a highly transmissible and usually mild disease in geese,
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Flu virus with 'pandemic potential' found in China
The new flu strain is similar to the swine flu that spread globally in 2009 A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by scientists. It ...
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Pig infected with bird flu for first time in US, health officials confirm
A pig in Oregon has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu for the first time, according to a Wednesday announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Doctors weigh in on potential concerns.
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Swine flu symptoms revealed for 2023 as outbreak hits UK
Those with a hunch they have swine flu are instead asked to call the National Pandemic Flu Service, an online and telephone self-assessment service. Call handlers figure out whether a person ...
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Bird Flu Infection Confirmed in a Pig for First Time in U.S.
Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in poultry and dairy cows in the United States, a case of H5N1 has now been ...
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Phishing Attacks Exploit Swine Flu Scare
The recent outbreak of influenza A N1H1, otherwise known as swine flu, has spurred a tidal wave of spam as cybercriminals leverage users' fears to propel social engineering attacks. Those ...
New roles in infectious process for molecule that inhibits flu
Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection – among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause sickness.
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H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
There are other types of flu that primarily infect animals, like bird flu and now swine flu. The real name for swine flu is H1N1 flu. It is called swine flu because a virus that causes ...
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Bird flu among pigs should worry humans too
when it started a swine flu pandemic. That pandemic wasn’t as deadly as scientists initially feared, thanks to changes in the virus and our immunity. People and pigs seem to exchange viruses ...