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Canada reports first H5N1 bird flu death in North America
January 09, 2014
Canadian health authorities have announced the first avian flu death in North America, in the western plains province of Alberta, of a patient who had just returned from China.
"I am here to confirm North America's first human case of H5N1, also known as avian flu," Canada Health Minister Rona Ambrose told a press conference yesterday, confirming the patient died.