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.
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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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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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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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 ...
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Bird Flu Update As FDA Begins Cheese Screening
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun collecting and testing aged cheese made from raw cow's milk over concerns it might be contaminated with bird flu, it announced on Monday.
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Dr. Leana Wen says for bird flu, "we should have learned our lesson from COVID" in testing
Dr. Leana Wen said Sunday that the lack of testing for bird flu doesn't mean that the virus isn't alive in humans, and that she feels the federal government "should have learned our lesson from ...
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First severe human case of bird flu in US shows 'concerning' mutation, CDC says
The CDC has confirmed 66 human cases of bird flu in the U.S., but no human-to-human transmission has been detected. The outbreak has severely impacted the American egg industry, leading to near ...
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Louisiana flu cases among the highest in the country
After seeking advice from a doctor, Russo was urged to take a flu test to confirm the diagnosis. “The flu test came back positive, and [the doctor] recommended that I get some Tamiflu ...