Here's why bird flu fears are intensifying
Efforts to contain the virus are falling short. A teenager in Canada is in critical condition after an unexplained infection. And the arrival of flu season has scientists on edge.
Case of bird flu infection in British Columbia is still a mystery, for now
Health officials in British Columbia, Canada, have failed, for now, to confirm how a teenager there became infected with H5N1 bird flu.
Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists
A strain of avian influenza is showing signs of adaptation to human hosts, but there is no evidence that it can transmit from person to person.
Teen infected in Canada’s first bird flu case is in critical condition
A Canadian teenager infected with bird flu — that country’s first case involving a locally acquired infection — is in critical condition and experiencing difficulty breathing, health officials said Tuesday.
Bird flu may be adapting to become more infectious to humans
Three people in North America without known animal exposures have tested positive for the bird flu virus H5N1, and samples from two of them suggest the virus is adapting to humans
Bird flu sickens more humans, troubling scientists
Just this weekend, the CDC confirmed a mild case in a child who had no known exposure to an infected animal. There have been several cases like this one over the past few months.
Rare Bird Flu Case Confirmed In Child, CDC Says
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Bird flu in B.C.: Dr. Bonnie Henry to provide update on Canada's first human case
B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry will provide an update today on the status of the teenager who was infected ...
Bird flu virus isolated from hospitalized Canadian teen shows signs of human adaptation
The avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in Vancouver has mutations in key areas that could help the virus ...
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Canadian teen with avian flu remains in critical care
By Michele Brunoro and Kaija Jussinoja Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER, B.C. (CTV Network) — The teenager who is infected with the first human case of H5N1 avian influenza acquired in ...
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Cause of B.C. teen's H5N1 avian flu infection still unknown, health officials say
B.C. health officials say they still don't know how a teenager became infected with the H5N1 strain of avian flu, but say no ...
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B.C. teen diagnosed with avian flu remains in stable but critical condition
"This young person has received the best possible care from the clinical team at B.C. Children’s (Hospital) and is stable, ...