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CDC urges faster testing

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Bird flu or seasonal sickness? Here's how the CDC plans to ramp up testing

A child ill with fever and conjunctivitis in San Francisco tested positive for bird flu but had no known source of transmission.

US CDC recommends faster testing for bird flu in hospitalized patients

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 increasing infections in humans.

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CDC urges faster testing to find human bird flu cases

The CDC on Thursday urged labs nationwide to determine within 24 hours of admission whether people hospitalized with the flu have seasonal influenza or are infected with the bird flu that's behind an escalating outbreak in dairy cows and poultry.

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CDC urges doctors to speed subtyping of patients hospitalized with the flu to better track H5N1 infections

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to accelerate advanced testing of people they suspect ...

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CDC urges faster testing as bird flu affects more people, animals

The CDC is monitoring developments closely because the United States is in the middle of flu season. With more patients ...

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Bird flu is sweeping across the country. Here's how RI is already dealing with it.

Farmers, animal rescues and zookeepers in Rhode Island are taking precautions to protect animals, their workers and the ...

How Close Are We To The Avian Flu Outbreak Escalating Into a pandemic?

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 ...

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