The United States reported its first serious human case of bird flu Wednesday, involving a Louisiana resident, as California declared a state of emergency to deal with the escalating outbreak. The Louisiana patient was hospitalized in critical condition after suspected contact with an infected backyard flock, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and … Read more
People have heard a lot about H5N1 avian flu — or highly pathogenic avian flu — since a British Columbia teenager became the first human contracted the virus in Canada and is hospitalized. We don’t yet know how a teenager was infectedbut Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, said Wednesday that genomic sequencing … Read more
B.C.’s chief veterinarian has told clinics that treat wild birds they must establish protocols to prevent the spread of bird fluwarning of the risk of human exposure to the disease. Dr. Theresa Burns said in a letter to veterinarians last week that reports of sick and dead wild birds across the province have increased recently … Read more
Students across British Columbia return to school on Tuesday, but news that a teenager is hospitalized in Vancouver with a suspected case of H5 bird flu This worries some people. Dr. Anna Wolak, a family physician in Vancouver, said many parents are likely having flashbacks to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, even if this … Read more