Canadian milk continues to test negative for avian influenza, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said.
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Canadian milk tests negative for bird flu
U.S. confirms first severe human case of bird flu
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that a patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 infection in Louisiana, marking the first known instance of a severe human illness linked to the bird flu virus in the United States.
U.S. government not stockpiling bird flu vaccine
While the United States government continues to monitor the spread of bird flu in the country, the Biden administration said it won’t order the stockpiling of a vaccine for humans. U.S. health officials stressed the chances of a human contracting the H5N1 variant of avian influenza remain very low.
US issues order mandating bird flu testing of milk supply
Virus has infected nearly half of California's 1,100 dairy farms
The U.S. issued a federal order on Friday mandating that the national milk supply be tested for bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters, as authorities seek to grapple with rapid spread of the virus among dairy herds.
New Zealand suspends poultry exports after first case of H7 bird flu
New Zealand said on Monday that it had suspended all poultry exports after detecting a highly pathogenic variant of avian influenza at a poultry farm on the South Island.
WHO calls for stronger surveillance of H5N1 bird flu among animals
A World Health Organization official on Thursday called for stronger surveillance in animals for evidence of infection with H5N1 bird flu in order to curb its spread.
Federal government pledges funds to bird flu research
The federal government has pledged $5.2 million in for 35 projects researching bird flu.
Virus in B.C. human bird flu case genetically related to farm strain
Health officials have confirmed that the strain of bird flu that hospitalized a B.C. teenager in critical condition is related to the same virus causing outbreaks in the province’s poultry.
Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first presumptive human case of bird flu
A teenager is in critical condition in a British Columbia children's hospital, sick with Canada's first presumptive human case of avian influenza.
Canada’s first presumptive case of H5 avian influenza in an individual detected in B.C.
An individual in British Columbia has tested presumptive positive for avian influenza caused by the H5 influenza virus, the first detection of avian influenza due to the H5 virus in a person in B.C., according to a release from the B.C. provincial government. This is also the first detection of a presumed human case of H5 avian […] Read more
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