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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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Canadian scientists launch early warning system to spot traces of H5N1 bird flu in milk

It all started with a few text messages in late April. Several well-known Canadian scientists — Toronto-based infectious diseases specialist…

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2nd human infected with H5N1 bird flu in U.S., CDC says

A Michigan farm worker has been diagnosed with bird flu — the second human case associated with an outbreak in…

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Bird flu vaccine candidates already exist. But if H5N1 sparks a pandemic, making enough doses won’t be easy

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers…

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Scientists watching wastewater for signs of H5N1 as U.S. bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle grows

Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are watching wastewater for early signs of H5N1 as an outbreak of bird flu…

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There’s no question H5N1 bird flu has ‘pandemic potential.’ How likely is that worst-case scenario?

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers…

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Canada expanding surveillance, testing milk for H5N1 avian flu amid U.S. dairy cattle outbreak

Federal officials say Canada is expanding its surveillance for a dangerous form of avian flu amid a growing outbreak of…

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Pasteurized milk includes remnants of H5N1 bird flu, U.S. officials say

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that samples of pasteurized milk have tested positive for remnants of the bird flu…

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