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Bird flu has spread far and wide, infecting a range of species like chickens, skunks, cows, foxes and polar bears. But it's the pigs that have experts on high alert.

As Taylor Swift's show kicks off in Toronto, health experts warn that large crowds and public transit could increase the spread of respiratory illnesses like the flu.

WHO acknowledged that testing for mpox is still not widespread, making it difficult to understand how exactly the virus is spreading.

A teen from the Fraser Health region, remains in critical condition in B.C. Children's Hospital after contracting Canada's first suspected human case of the virus.

Doctors say they are seeing a spike in walking pneumonia cases in parts of Canada, particularly in kids, at a time when respiratory viruses typically circulate.

Alberta's respiratory virus tracker shows lab-confirmed COVID cases have nearly doubled since September. AHS says some hospitals are experiencing high occupancy levels.

People have been hearing a lot about H5N1 bird flu — or highly pathogenic avian influenza — since a B.C. teen became the first human to get the virus in Canada and is in hospital. 

A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. It’s the first time the virus has been detected in U.S. swine.

Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever.

Rwanda is currently grappling with an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus. According to the health ministry, the death toll has risen to 11, with at least 36 confirmed cases.

Some Ontario doctors have started offering a free shot that can protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus while Quebec will begin its immunization program next month.

The respiratory virus season hasn't even kicked into high gear yet but hospitals in the Edmonton Zone are already operating overcapacity and turning some patients away.

The federal government's decision to not provide Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine this respiratory virus season raises health equity concerns, experts and advocates say.

Updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna targeting the latest variants of the virus are being offered to some high-risk Canadians so far in a phased rollout.

The test enables detection of mpox virus DNA from human skin lesion swabs, the agency said, adding that it was designed for use by trained clinical laboratory personnel.

 The World Health Organization on Tuesday recommended maternal vaccination and the use of an antibody therapy to prevent respiratory synctial virus (RSV) in infants.

Zika virus and dengue fever are mostly found in tropical locations, but insect and health experts are warning climate change could bring them to Canada.

An Alberta mother is sharing her story about RSV after her youngest child ended up in the hospital on oxygen after contracting the virus when she was just seven weeks old.

A rare and deadly mosquito-borne illness, the eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV), has claimed the life of an Ottawa resident, marking the city's first confirmed human case.

Eastern equine encephalitis is a rare but dangerous mosquito-borne virus that has a 30 per cent fatality rate.