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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. panyawat - stock.adobe.com Canada ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has issued a reminder for waterfowl hunters that applies throughout the ...

A Canadian teen is hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu, a British Columbia health official said Tuesday. It's not clear how the teenager picked up the virus, which ...

A Canadian teenager has been hospitalized with bird flu, the first human case of H5N1 in the current outbreak detected in the country. A teenager in British Columbia has been hospitalized with a ...

Human bird flu has hospitalized a Canadian teenager at British Columbia Children’s Hospital. He is the first person in Canada to test positive for the bird flu virus. The B.C. teen likely acquired the ...

Canada geese are reportedly dropping dead in parts of the Bay State, as the bird flu virus spreads around the region. MassWildlife over the past few days has gotten reports of dead and dying Canada ...