Since March, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that 52 people have been infected by the H5N1 virus. Dairy cattle were the source for 30 of those cases, poultry for 21.

Scientists at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg sequenced the genome of the virus from the infected B.C. teen to confirm it is H5N1. The tests showed the version of the virus is ...

A Canadian teenager who is in critical condition after contracting H5N1 bird flu was infected with a version of the virus that is different from the one circulating in dairy cattle in the United ...

While the exact strain is yet to be determined, authorities have presumed the virus is H5N1 – the strain that is currently circulating in US dairy cattle. It has infected more than 40 people ...

This case comes after several farm workers in southeastern Washington tested positive for H5N1 virus last month. Several of the workers spent time in Oregon while infected, health officials have ...

Canada's public health agency has confirmed the first case of H5N1 avian influenza in the country ... infected with that particular strain of the virus which can cause severe illness in people ...

However, in some rare cases, it can affect humans. H5N1 is among the 4 strains of bird flu virus, and is currently the dominant one, H7N9, H5N6, H5N8 being the other strains. Bird flu is spread by ...

At least 46 people in the U.S. have contracted the virus in 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These illnesses have been mild so far, but H5N1 can cause ...

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Friday that the H5N1 virus was discovered in meat from a single cull dairy cow as part of testing of 96 dairy cows. APHIS said the meat ...

There are no indications that H5N1 bird flu would sparka pandemic ... the more opportunities the virus has to mutate and spread between humans, said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the ...

TORONTO - Health Canada has authorized three influenza vaccines that could be used if bird flu became a pandemic, the agency says. The federal government also has an agreement with vaccine ...

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