Pigs remain at the centre of scientists’ nightmare scenario because commercial swine carry lots of human flu viruses. Their cells share enough features with ours that flu viruses can use some of ...

State health officials are investigating possible sources of the H5 avian influenza virus detected for the first time in a wastewater sample from Oahu, but reassure residents that public risk remains ...

A Canadian teenager has been hospitalized with bird flu, the first human case of H5N1 in the current ... [+] outbreak detected in the country. A teenager in British Columbia has been hospitalized ...

A person has tested positive in British Columbia, Canadian health officials said, though the results must be sent to another ...

The first case of H5N1 strain in humans in the current outbreak in the US was detected in April 2024, with 44 cases in total now detected, according to the U.S. CDC. Here's all about avian flu ...

A teenager in British Columbia, Canada, has contracted the H5 strain of bird flu, marking the country's first confirmed human case. Health officials are investigating the source of the infection ...

the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday. Pigs represent a particular concern for the spread of bird flu because they can become ...

Human bird flu has hospitalized a Canadian teenager at British Columbia Children’s Hospital. He is the first person in Canada to test positive for the bird flu virus. The B.C. teen likely ...

Bird flu is rare in humans, but it can be serious or even deadly. A teenager in Canada has tested presumptive positive for bird flu and is currently receiving care in a hospital in British Colombia.

The first presumed human case of avian influenza (H5N1, or bird flu) has been reported in Canada. Canada's Health Minister Mark Holland confirmed the report in a post on X. "To date, there has ...