Browsing Tag

Bird Flu

Canada reports first case of bird flu in a person

A teenager in British Columbia has become the first person in Canada to test positive for bird flu, authorities said Saturday. This person is receiving treatment in a children’s hospital for H5 avian flu, the provincial health department…
Read More...

Bird flu spreads to tenth Australian poultry farm

A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has spread to an eighth poultry farm near Melbourne, the government of Australia’s Victoria state said on Tuesday, taking the total number of infected facilities in the country to 10. Australia…
Read More...