Bird Flu 2024. But as we have seen with other influenza strains, the virus continues to evolve. On november 25, 2024, the cfia detected low pathogenic avian influenza (lpai), subtype h5, in quebec.

The avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in vancouver has mutations in key areas that could help the virus spread more easily in humans, scientists say. Every week or so, scientists issue another warning that the h5n1 bird flu is inching closer to exploding into a pandemic.