Health officials in British Columbia have reported the first presumptive case of H5 avian influenza in a human in Canada.

A teen in British Columbia was hospitalized recently with avian influenza, the first detected human case in Canada.

A British Columbia teenager is in critical condition with Canada's first presumptive human case of avian influenza. Officials suspect the H5N1 strain, known to have low human transmission risk. Despite no known human-to-human spread,

A teenager diagnosed with bird flu in British Columbia is the first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 avian influenza, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. Since Influenza A or flu viruses are named after the animal where they are most commonly found,