Avian flu typically spreads between wild and domestic birds but can spread to other animals and people. There have now been ...
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) today confirmed a human case of avian influenza (also known as bird flu) caused by ...
Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza remains low ...
When it comes to surveillance, PHAC said provincial and territorial public health agencies must report both “confirmed and ...
2:12 H5N1 avian influenza: B.C. reports 1st suspected human case of bird flu Health Canada has authorized three influenza vaccines that could be used if bird flu became a pandemic, the agency says.
Health officials were struggling to answer a broader and potentially worrisome question: how the infection occurred.