CDC wants more, faster testing for bird flu as outbreak grows
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients ...
As bird flu affects more people and animals, CDC urges faster testing
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitals treating people for the flu should test them for avian ...
As H5N1 Is Detected In San Francisco, A Panel Discusses Next Steps
San Francisco confirmed that a child in the city became the first case of H5N1. A panel of biotech leaders discussed what ...
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CDC Urges Faster Testing for Bird Flu Amid Growing Outbreak
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing ...
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Low levels of bird flu detected in wastewater samples on Kauaʻi
A detection in a sample collected on Dec. 11 was so low that it wasn’t considered a positive. Samples collected on Dec. 18 ...
Bird flu: An infection most ‘fowl’
Avian influenza, commonly termed “bird flu”, is caused by the avian influenza virus A. This virus is usually found in wild ...
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DOH monitoring detection of H5 avian flu in Kauaʻi wastewater
The Hawai‘i Department of Health, State Laboratories Division has detected H5 avian influenza (bird flu) at very low levels ...
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Low levels of bird flu detected in Lihue Wastewater Treatment Plant
The Hawaii Department of Health detected very low levels of H5 avian influenza (bird flu) in samples from the Lihue ...
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B.C. doc reflects on treating teen with avian flu for two months
A British Columbia doctor who treated a 13-year-old avian flu patient says the case has made him concerned about the ...
The Washington Post7d
As bird flu affects more people and animals, CDC urges faster testing
The advisory reflects increasing concern about the widening outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza ... seasonal influenza or bird flu should also be started on the antiviral treatment Tamiflu as soon ...
Healthshots on MSN9h
First bird flu death reported in US: What is it and how to prevent it?
Bird flu, or avian influenza, primarily affects birds but there have been cases reported in humans as well. Unfortunately, a patient recently died from severe avian influenza A (H5N1), marking the ...
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CDC wants more, faster testing for bird flu as outbreak grows
Advertisement It also emphasizes immediately starting antiviral treatment, such as Tamiflu ... and public health staff working on avian flu outbreaks Seasonal flu cases remain high nationwide ...