Today, the Honorable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced a $5.2 million investment through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), in collaboration with other federal and provincial ...
British Columbia's chief veterinarian has told clinics that treat wild birds that they must establish protocols to prevent ...
Avian influenza A(H5N1), commonly known as bird flu, is a viral disease that is typically transmitted between wild birds and poultry but can spread to ...
Symptoms of avian influenza may include fever, cough, sore throat and conjunctivitis. Antiviral flu treatment is recommended ...
An egg farm in B.C. fell victim to an outbreak of avian influenza earlier this month, leaving the farmer no choice but to ...
Wastewater in several Californian cities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, recently tested positive for bird flu. But ...
There have been dozens of confirmed human cases of bird flu in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the symptoms, risks and ...
Credit: DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images A teenager in Canada is critically ill with the first human case ...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has also been testing milk for signs of H5N1 in dairy cows. Canada has had no ...
Amid confirmation that a B.C. teen hospitalized last week is the first person to acquire H5N1 avian flu in Canada, health ...
Canada’s Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country’s first ...
The 80-year-old driver of a student transportation van is facing charges under the Highway Traffic Act following a ...