Bird Flu 2025 Canada News. This is the first time that canada has procured human avian influenza h5n1 vaccines, a phac spokesperson told cbc news. The public health agency of canada (phac) and its partners are focused on keeping people and animals in canada safe and ensuring canada is ready for any potential.

H5n1, a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses carried by wild birds, has been on the rise globally. The bird flu virus that brought a canadian teen to the “brink of death” may have mutated while inside her body to become more efficient at spreading among humans.