CDC Urges Faster Testing for Bird Flu Amid Growing Outbreak
FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging health care ...
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CDC urges faster testing to find human bird flu cases
The agency says labs should accelerate testing on patients hospitalized with the flu within 24 hours of their admission.
CDC urges hospitals to fast-track bird flu testing
Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are ...
Flu levels are ‘very high’ in Washington right now. Here’s what DOH says you should know
Weekly flu cases tripled in Washington state over the course of December, with hospitalizations on the rise as well, ...
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The mutations likely developed post-infection, the agency said
Genetic sequences of H5N1 bird flu viruses collected from a person in ... Hensley said his laboratory is working to test if the mutations seen in the virus from the British Columbia teen do ...
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Flu diagnostic test snapshot amid mounting burden on the NHS
Data from England’s National Health Service (NHS) shows that flu cases in the country have soared over the past month, with more than 5,000 patients hospitalised with the virus at the end of ...
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Bird Flu Warning After 200 Geese Found Dead in Lehigh Valley
Preliminary tests conducted within Pennsylvania indicated the presence of HPAI, though confirmation is pending from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services ...
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NIST Creates Standard for H5N1 Bird Flu Test Validation
nonhazardous genetic material to support the development and validation of diagnostic tests for the H5N1 virus (commonly known as bird flu). This genetic material will enable test manufacturers to ...
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FDA starts testing raw cheese for bird flu
The FDA initiates sampling of aged raw milk cheese from cows to detect H5N1 bird flu, collaborating with USDA and CDC. They plan to test 300 samples, and take necessary follow-up actions ...
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The FDA will test aged raw milk cheese for bird flu in the wake of outbreak
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun collecting and testing samples of aged, raw cow’s milk cheese for the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1), better known as bird flu, ...
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FDA begins testing raw cheese for bird flu
The FDA has started to test cheese for bird flu (Getty Images) The agency views unpasteurized cheeses and other products made using raw milk as “high-risk.” Previous studies by federal health ...
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FDA testing aged raw cow’s milk cheese for bird flu
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin collecting samples of raw cow’s milk cheese from across the U.S. to test for the presence of bird flu, spurred on by the ongoing outbreaks of ...