According to the statement, avian influenza — also known as bird flu — is a virus that primarily affects birds but can occasionally spread to humans through contact with infected animals or contaminated environments. B.C.'s provincial health officer ...

A teenager in British Columbia has become the first person in Canada to test positive for bird flu, authorities said Saturday.

The West Coast Canadian province of British Columbia said on Saturday that it had detected the first presumptive positive case of H5 bird flu virus infection acquired by a human in Canada. The individual presumed to be infected is a teenager who is receiving care at a children's hospital,

Canada has detected its first presumptive case of H5 bird flu in a person, a teenager in the western province of British Columbia, health officials said on Saturday. The teenager likely caught the virus from a bird or animal and was receiving care at a children's hospital,

A teenager in British Columbia, Canada has been hospitalized with a presumed case of H5N1 bird flu, the first detected human case in the country in the current outbreak.

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