CDC alerts clinicians to accelerate type A flu subtyping in hospitalized patients
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released an advisory recommending clinicians expedite subtyping of type A influenza samples from hospitalized patients, particularly individuals in an intensive care unit.
US CDC Recommends Faster Testing for Bird Flu in Hospitalized Patients
By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek (Reuters) -People hospitalized for flu should be tested for bird flu within 24 hours, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday, in an expansion of the agency's efforts to tackle ongoing infections in humans.
Any time a person catches H5N1, or bird flu, their infection is a chance for the virus to mutate in the wrong direction. When ...
Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease ...
A child ill with fever and conjunctivitis in San Francisco tested positive for bird flu but had no known source of ...
The Free Press interviewed Dr. Kimberly Dodd, the dean of the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, about efforts to tame the ...
One of the earliest strains of bird flu isolated from a human in Texas shows a unique constellation of mutations that enable ...
H5N1 bird flu strain impacts egg supply chain, USDA reports ...
With reports of the first human death from bird flu in the US, some Americans are feeling an uncomfortable flashback to the ...
Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.
Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the ...
CDC officials say medical professionals are seeing more patients whose illness cannot be traced back to an infected animal or ...
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