The global average for countries to report genetic information about bird flu, crucial to tracking and preventing a human pandemic, was seven months, and Canada came in last, a new study has found.

The global average for countries to report genetic information about bird flu, crucial to tracking and preventing a human pandemic, was seven months, and Canada came in last, a new study has found.

The Public Health Agency of Canada has increased its risk ... After a relatively quiet period, bird flu is hitting closer to home in Ontario. Growing numbers of wild birds, including a bald ...

said there’s a real possibility that Canada’s vast geography, lack of manpower and overlapping jurisdictions are slowing the collection of bird flu genome data. Pantophlet, who wasn’t ...

As many First Nations in northwestern Ontario gear up for the ... Large numbers of Canada geese and snow geese have been killed by bird flu, he said. Canada slowest to report avian flu samples ...

Bird flu is at a dangerous point in the United States ... A snow goose near Montreal, a great horned owl in southwestern Ontario, a Canada goose in Langley, B.C. — these are just some of the wild ...

The federal government says it has purchased 500,000 doses of a bird flu vaccine as a proactive measure ... The Public Health Agency of Canada says risk to the general public is low and that ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Canada has the slowest average time of 618 days for reporting genetic information on bird flu, compared to a global average of 228 days. This delay hinders the ...

said there’s a real possibility that Canada’s vast geography, lack of manpower and overlapping jurisdictions are slowing the collection of bird flu genome data. Pantophlet, who wasn’t involved in the ...