As such, studies are warranted in children as available pharmaceutical options have unwanted side effects.Two-hundred and fifty-six children aged 4–12 years attending school/daycare were randomized to either EpiCor or Placebo for 84 days during the 2022–2023 flu season in Ontario, Canada. The ...
On Mar. 30, the town of Caledon, Ont.,made a statementconfirming positive cases of avian flu after geese were found dead in a stormwater pond. Additionally,H5N1 ripped through three commercial poultry farms in southern Ontariothe CFIA stated. “Infected birds can shed the virus in their saliva...
In the spring of 2023, a dog in Ottawa, Ontario, was infected with H5N1 and died “after chewing on a wild goose,” according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. That same year, an infected dog in Poland developed a severe cough and other symptoms but recovered. Most Rea...
Shayan Sharif, professor and acting dean at the Ontario Veterinary College, said he is most concerned about the possibility that the virus is going to change to the point where it becomes more dangerous to humans and gains the capacity for human-to-human transmission. "I don'...
“Sequencing of the virus will be important but it’s likely the circulating bird strain,” said Dr. Scott Weese, a veterinarian and chief of infection control at the University of Guelph in Ontario, in an email to CNN. “I’d be more concerned if this was dairy cow-associated becau...
“Sequencing of the virus will be important but it’s likely the circulating bird strain,” said Dr. Scott Weese, a veterinarian and chief of infection control at the University of Guelph in Ontario, in an email to CNN. “I’d be more concerned if this was dairy cow-associated because ...