An island halfway between South Africa and Antarctica, where half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed, is under threat from a fast-spreading strain of bird flu. High pathogenicity avian influenza, or HPAI, is suspected to have reached Marion ...

It's not clear how the British Columbia teenager picked up the virus, which has been detected recently in wild birds and poultry in the province, a health official said.

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