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What Is the Difference Between Flu A and Flu B?
Flu A is more common and can infect humans and animals, allowing it to cause widespread outbreaks. Flu B only affects humans, ...
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What to Know About the Flu Virus
What’s the difference between influenza A and influenza B, and does it matter which you catch? By Knvul Sheikh Each fall, the flu emerges as a formidable force, spreading through the droplets ...
B.C. farmer devastated to cull 30,000 hens after bird flu outbreak
An egg farm in B.C. fell victim to an outbreak of avian influenza earlier this month, leaving the farmer no choice but to ...
Influenza A, B viruses causing 75% of respiratory illness in Tamil Nadu: DPH report
State Public Health Lab found Influenza A and B viruses circulating in Tamil Nadu, causing mild illness in patients.
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B.C.'s chief vet tells clinics to set up bird flu protocols amid human exposure risk
British Columbia's chief veterinarian has told clinics that treat wild birds that they must establish protocols to prevent ...
Canada Detects Its First Human Case of Bird Flu
A teenager in British Columbia was hospitalized in critical condition with the disease, and officials were working to find ...
The Vancouver Sun1d
Lab confirms Canada’s first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.
Canada’s Public Health Agency has confirmed that a B.C. teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country’s first human case ...
Canadian teenager in critical condition with presumptive bird flu as U.S. official warns the virus ‘seems to be gearing up for wider impact’
Health officials were struggling to answer a broader and potentially worrisome question: how the infection occurred.