A teenager in British Columbia is in critical condition after being exposed to H5N1 bird flu, although the source of the virus has not been determined. Above, chickens walk in a fenced pasture at ...

To date, there have been 46 confirmed human cases of H5N1 infections in the US during 2024, with 21 cases just in California. As of mid-November, 505 dairy herds have been affected across 15 states.

British Columbia currently has 26 H5N1 outbreaks in poultry operations, many in the Fraser Valley in the southwestern part of the province. The infected teenager lives in that part of the province.

H5N1’s hemagglutinin preferentially binds to cells with receptors known as alpha 2-3, ... The British Columbia teen was admitted to hospital on Nov. 8 and remains in critical condition there, ...

In British Columbia, H5N1 has been detected in wild birds, on poultry farms and among small wild mammals, including skunks and foxes. However, unlike in the US, ...

Genetic testing showed the patient was infected with the same H5N1 strain seen in wild birds in British Columbia -- clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D1.1 -- and that it most closely matched that of wild ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses are circulating among wild birds and poultry in British Columbia, Canada. 1 These viruses are also recognized to cause illness in humans. Here, we ...

A British Columbia doctor who treated a 13-year-old avian flu patient says the case has made him concerned about the potential for more human H5N1 infections. While the patient was recently ...

Since H5N1 bird flu was first identified in 1996 in China, ... The previously healthy British Columbia teen went to a hospital emergency room Nov. 2 with initial symptoms of pink eye, ...

A Canadian teenager is currently in critical condition after contracting a suspected case of H5N1 bird flu, a British Columbia health official announced on Tuesday.

While there have been no detected dairy cow H5N1 cases in British Columbia to date, the virus has been found among wild birds and small wild mammals living in or migrating through the area, ...