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,

First presumptive human H5 bird flu case detected in British Columbia, Canada. The teenager, presumed to be infected, is from the Fraser Health region and is currently receiving c

British Columbia's Ministry of Health says the first suspected human case of bird flu contracted in Canada has been detected in B.C.