{
  "id": 10734955,
  "title": "How does a bird virus infect a person?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/how-does-a-bird-virus-infect-a-person",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-29T16:40:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-bird-virus-infect-person.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "How do we know when an animal virus might pose a risk to humans? Canada confirmed a human case of H5N1 avian influenza (often called \"bird flu\") in 2024, the first known to have been acquired in Canada. The patient, a 13-year-old from British Columbia, suffered severe symptoms, including respiratory failure, but recovered with intensive care in a hospital.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}