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Canadian teenager infected with H5N1 bird flu in critical condition

Los Angeles Times
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A Canadian teen infected with H5N1 bird flu from an unknown source is in critical condition.

Authorities believe the virus was acquired via an animal source; the teen was not on a farm nor near any known wild birds or backyard poultry.

The situation is "horrifying," says Jennifer Nuzzo , director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University .

As of Wednesday , there have been 492 dairy herds infected with H5N1 across 15 states.

More than half , 278 , are in California .

"There are a lot of interesting hypotheses for why the more recent cases have been mild," says Nuzzo .

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