The developing avian influenza panzootic and the growing possibility of a pandemic bring to the fore the existential ...

The avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in Vancouver has mutations in key areas that could help the virus ...

A strain of avian influenza is showing signs of adaptation to human hosts, but there is no evidence that it can transmit from ...

B.C. is the only area in North America that Himsworth is aware of that includes environmental testing as part of a regular ...

The three mutations are at positions in the virus’ genome that Bloom and other scientists have determined would allow it to attach more easily to human cells. “It’s caught the attention of a ...

A teenager in Vancouver is critically ill after contracting H5N1 avian influenza, highlighting concerns about the virus's ...

The B.C. teen who was infected with H5N1 avian influenza remains in critical care in hospital, said provincial health officer ...

BC's Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry gave an update on Canada's first human case of bird flu acquired in BC.

The teen remains in critical condition in BC Children's Hospital, and Henry said an extensive investigation had yet to find a ...

B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham said the virus was found in a flock of about 60 chickens on the Saanich Peninsula ...