Patients undergoing rapid flu tests in emergency departments and urgent care centers were more likely to be prescribed and dispensed antivirals. Rapid tests provide results in 5 to 10 minutes ...

The 25,000-subject study is testing a nucleoside-modified mRNA (modRNA), quadrivalent vaccine that is targeted against four strains of the flu virus that the World Health Organization (WHO ...

Hospitals should expand and speed up testing of people hospitalised with influenza to see if they are suffering from bird flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

"These new measures will ensure that driving test appointments are used efficiently, encouraging learners to make adjustments to their schedules sooner, should they not be fully prepared." ...

The FDA this month also suspended existing and developing programs that ensured accurate testing for bird flu in milk and cheese and pathogens like the parasite Cyclospora in other food products.

The number of test appointments is far too limited for the demand in the region. This situation leaves rural residents like myself effectively stranded, without access to mobility, independence ...

I lost sense of taste." He continued, detailing the ordeal: "They gave me a flu test. And when I went and got the chest X-ray, she came in and said, 'You have pneumonia in both your lungs'." ...

In a step toward stronger emergency preparedness, HealthTrackRx has developed a fast-response PCR test for Avian Influenza A (H5N1), also known as bird flu. This project was done in partnership with ...

The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets on March 28 warned consumers about the risk of H5N1 avian flu from Savage Cat Raw Chicken Cat Food, which the California-based company recalled ...