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Canada buys 500,000 doses of H5N1 avian influenza vaccine for those most at risk

The Public Health Agency of Canada announced on Wednesday that it has acquired 500,000 doses of a human vaccine designed…

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B.C. doctor reflects on treating teen with H5N1 for 2 months

A recent case of avian flu in a 13-year-old patient in British Columbia has raised concerns about the potential for…

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Louisiana reports 1st U.S. human death related to H5N1 avian flu

The recent death of a U.S. patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has sent shockwaves through the country. The Louisiana…

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Severe case of H5N1 bird flu detected in US, CDC confirms

A recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the hospitalization of a patient with…

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CDC confirms first severe case of H5N1 bird flu in U.S.

A recent case of severe bird flu in Louisiana has raised concerns about the spread of the virus in the…

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H5N1. Ozempic. Toxic drugs. Here are the health stories we’re watching in 2025

As we look ahead to 2025, there are several key medical stories and health-care topics that will be at the…

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Cause of B.C. teen’s H5N1 avian flu infection still unknown, health officials say

Health officials in British Columbia are still puzzled by how a teenager contracted the H5N1 strain of avian flu, but…

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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,…

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Human H5N1 cases in the U.S. are rising. That’s bad timing with flu season, bird migrations just months away

The sheer scale of the U.S. bird flu outbreak is hard to fathom.  More than 100 million farmed birds have…

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2 more poultry workers in Colorado infected with H5N1 bird flu: CDC

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed two additional cases of bird flu in Colorado poultry…

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