A Canadian teen who is in critical condition after contracting H5N1 bird flu was infected with a version of the virus that is different from the one circulating in U.S. cattle.

A Canadian teen in critical condition with bird flu, or H5N1, reportedly had no known prior exposure to the infection before the diagnosis.

Health Canada has authorized three influenza vaccines that could be used if bird flu became a pandemic, the agency says.

Canadian health officials have confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen. The Public Health Agency of Canada said ...

British Columbia health officials have yet to identify a likely source of the infection, though none of the teen's contacts ...

Another cause for concern: flu season is underway in the U.S., and as seasonal influenza virus goes around, “humans, ...

A teenager in British Columbia is in critical condition after being exposed to H5N1 bird flu. The source of the virus has not ...

A teenager has been left in critical condition after contracting the first presumptive human case of avian influenza in Canada. Expert Sam Scarpino discusses the health risk and potential for spread.

And “spillover” infections on farms, where a virus from one species turns up in another, are nothing new. Back in May, H5N1 ...

Following an absence of 15 months, the H5N1 HPAI virus has been detected again in the far west of Asia in the Republic of ...

Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in American dairy herds and poultry flocks, Canadian officials have announced ...

Canada has reported H5N1 bird flu in wildlife and domestic birds. This year, there have been at least 24 reports of the virus in domestic bird facilities, including at least 10 infected premises in BC ...