A 13-year-old girl in Canada became so sick with H5N1, or bird flu, in late 2024 that she had to be put on a ventilator.
Bird flu, also called avian influenza ... 40% of people who are hospitalized with the virus. H9 strains. The H9N2 strain has mainly affected children and caused mild upper respiratory tract ...
The US hasn’t learned lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic that it could use to mitigate the threat of pathogens like H5N1 bird ...