Canada has confirmed its first human case of bird flu after a teenager tested positive for the virus, according to health authorities. The teenager, from the western province of British Columbia, is believed to have caught the H5 avian flu from a bird or ...

B.C. health officials are investigating what's believed to be the first human case of avian influenza caught in Canada after a teenager tested presumptively positive for the disease, the Ministry of Health announced Saturday.

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.

British Columbia’s Ministry of Health says the first suspected human case of bird flu contracted in Canada has been detected in B.C. A statement from the office of the provincial health officer says a teenager in the region covered by Fraser Health tested positive for bird flu, and the teen is currently getting treatment at BC Children’s Hospital.

A teenager in British Columbia, Canada, has contracted the H5 strain of bird flu, marking the country's first confirmed human case. Health officials a

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,

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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