{"id":7491,"date":"2024-11-19T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=7491"},"modified":"2024-11-21T19:46:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T00:46:59","slug":"california-reveals-suspected-avian-flu-case-in-child-with-mild-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/california-reveals-suspected-avian-flu-case-in-child-with-mild-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"California reveals suspected avian flu case in child with mild symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today said tests have identified a suspected avian flu infection in a child from Alameda County who had mild upper respiratory symptoms and no known contact with infected animals.<\/p>\n<p>If confirmed, the case would mark the second avian flu infection in a child in North America from a yet undetermined source. Last week, health officials in Canada reported an H5N1 infection in a previously healthy British Columbia teen who is hospitalized in critical condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today said tests have identified a suspected avian flu infection in a child from Alameda County who had mild upper respiratory symptoms and no known contact with infected animals.<\/p>\n<p>If confirmed, the case would mark the second avian flu infection in a child in North America from a yet undetermined source. Last week, health officials in Canada reported an H5N1 infection in a previously healthy British Columbia teen who is hospitalized in critical condition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/california-reveals-suspected-avian-flu-case-in-child-with-mild-symptoms\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">California reveals suspected avian flu case in child with mild symptoms<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1007,1006,1009,83,162,1168,96,1008,77,304,51],"class_list":["post-7491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-avian-flu","tag-avian-influenza","tag-bird-flu","tag-british-columbia","tag-california","tag-california-department-of-public-health","tag-canada","tag-h5n1","tag-influenza","tag-outbreaks","tag-united-states","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7491"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7493,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7491\/revisions\/7493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}