Trump selects anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head Dept. of Health and Human Services
The elevation of Kennedy to head the HHS will represent a massive social retrogression, akin to sending the United States—the ...
Nature6d
H5N1 from an infected dairy worker sheds light on viral transmission
Two studies reveal high transmissibility and lethality of the viral isolate in animal models, and hint at potential drug ...
Los Angeles Times4d
Canadian teenager infected with H5N1 bird flu in critical condition
A teenager in British Columbia is in critical condition after being exposed to H5N1 bird flu. The source of the virus has not been determined. The teen is the first presumptive case of H5N1 bird ...
What Canada does to monitor H5N1 avian flu
A teenager diagnosed with bird flu in British Columbia is the first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 avian influenza, ...
STAT5d
Canadian teen’s bird flu infection is not the version found in cows
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 ...
CBC.ca4d
What Canada does to monitor H5N1 avian flu
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 ...
Indiatimes4d
Canada’s first human bird flu case: Teen in critical condition; dangers of H5N1 in kids and young
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 ...
AgWeb5d
H5N1 Virus Found in Beef for First Time, FSIS Says
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 ...
Newsweek5d
Canadian Teen With Suspected Bird Flu Is in Critical Condition
While officials have released few details about the patient, the teenager who had been previously healthy, began experiencing symptoms over a week ago, including eye redness, cough and fever.
Oregonian3d
Oregon confirms state’s first human case of H5N1 bird flu in Clackamas County
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 ...
Live Science4d
Teen sickened with Canada's first human case of bird flu is in critical condition — and the source remains a mystery
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 ...
CBC.ca5d
1st case of H5N1 avian flu in Canada confirmed. Health Canada says there are vaccines
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 ...