British Columbia’s Ministry of Health says the first suspected human case of highly pathogenic avian flu contracted in Canada has been detected in B.C. A statement from the office of the provincial health officer says a teenager in the region covered by Fraser Health tested positive for avian flu, thought to be the H5N1 variant,

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