2:08 Avian flu hits poultry farm on Saanich Peninsula The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says avian flu has been detected at a non-commercial poultry farm on Vancouver Island’s Saanich Peninsula.

A B.C. teenager has tested “presumptive positive” for avian influenza, also known as bird flu, caused by the H5 influenza virus — the first presumed human case of H5 avian influenza acquired in Canada ...

2:02 B.C. teen in critical condition with avian flu British Columbians are being urged to keep themselves and their pets away from any sick or dead birds, as the province investigates Canada’s ...

On a global scale, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus is spreading southwards in wild waterfowl into Central and South America, with associated spillover into domestic birds.

Avian influenza has been killing many seals and sea lions in other parts of the world, particularly in South America, but so far that same spread has not yet occurred in the Pacific Northwest.

Of the 115 samples, 8 were positive for H5 avian influenza antibodies. He added that the 7% infection level isn't far from other recent seroprevalence studies for H5N1, such as in Egyptian market ...

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore.-- The U.S Department of Agriculture confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza(HPAI) in a backyard flock of geese and chickens in Jackson County. This is the first confirmed case ...

The first case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in a backyard flock of geese and chickens in Jackson County, Oregon. This follows a series of bird flu cases detected ...

In the past two months, cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have wreaked havoc on California’s dairy and poultry ... Both the herds in California and in other parts of the country have reported ...

Avian flu typically spreads between wild and domestic birds but can spread to other animals and people. There have now been more than 40 confirmed human cases in the United States, according to ...

Canada’s Public Health Agency has confirmed that a B.C. teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country’s first human case of domestically acquired avian flu. The agency said in a statement ...

Toward the end of 2023 as Cambodia faced a dramatic rise in human H5N1 avian flu cases, the country's scientists identified a novel reassortant that combined genes from an older 2.3.2.1c clade known ...