British Columbia health officials said on Saturday the province had detected Canada's first human case of H5 bird flu in a teenager. Henry said the province is still identifying the exact strain, but assumes the case is H5N1. The World Health Organization ...

A Canadian teenager is hospitalized in critical condition with suspected bird flu, health officials reported Tuesday.

A hospitalized teen in British Columbia is likely Canada's first case of H5 bird flu contracted within the country, officials reported Saturday (Nov. 9). H5 bird flu viruses are a broad group of related viruses that carry a protein called hemagglutinin 5.