Jan. 28, 2020 was the date that provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and then-health minister Adrian Dix announced the first case of COVID-19 in the province.

The fear of another pandemic has resulted in the culling of millions of chickens, ducks, turkeys, and now ostriches. But some experts believe they are not enough of a risk to cause such hardship to fa ...

A former provincial health officer says a social-media post by B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad accusing Dr. Bonnie Henry of “promoting” fentanyl use could put her safety at risk.

A former provincial health officer says a social-media post by B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad accusing Dr. Bonnie Henry of “promoting” fentanyl use could put her safety at risk. As part of ...

The finding may not seem surprising, given the sweeping and ongoing outbreak of H5N1 among dairy farms in the US, which has reached 968 herds in 16 states and led to infections in 41 dairy workers.

A genotype of the H5N1 avian influenza virus was found in milk, according to officials with the Arizona Department of Agriculture. The virus was found in milk produced by a daird herd in Maricopa ...

Holstein calf feeds from a bottle of colostrum milk. UC Davis researchers have found that acidification of waste milk can kill H5N1, the virus that causes bird flu. (Richard Van Vleck Pereira / UC ...

More information: Beate M. Crossley et al, In laboratory inactivation of H5N1 in raw whole milk through milk acidification: results from a pilot study, Journal of Dairy Science (2025). DOI: 10. ...

Which gave rise, recently, to a troubling thought: Will our efforts against H5N1 — or bird flu, as we know it — bind us to a similar Sisyphean-like struggle? But alone, they dismiss an ...

H5N1 Virus Outbreak News: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an emergency warning for the H5N1 avian influenza virus, also known as bird flu. The virus, which has ...