Is it seasonal influenza or bird flu? Here's how to tell
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At ...
How effective is the flu vaccine amid California ‘quad-demic’? Is it too late to get shots?
The flu vaccine is generally about 40% effective at completely preventing influenza, according to Blumberg. The flu vaccine ...
Bird flu outbreak is ‘really challenging’ to stop, Michigan State University dean says
The Free Press interviewed Dr. Kimberly Dodd, the dean of the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, about efforts to tame the ...
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Is it seasonal influenza or bird flu? Here's how to tell
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains, bird flu is a disease caused by the influenza A virus. At the same time, recent CDC data shows that seasonal influenza A is rising ...
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INFLUENZA ALERT
WITH Carnival just around the corner and thousands of visitors expected to flock to Trinidad and Tobago over the next two ...
Flu and other viruses keeping Louisiana doctors, hospitals busy
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Centers for Disease Control’s influenza map has Louisiana shaded purple, indicating very high levels ...
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ACIP Immunization Schedules Issued for Children, Adults
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)-approved immunization schedules for children and adolescents and for ...
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Backyard chickens in Vancouver being isolated from wild birds amid H5N1 avian influenza risk
A City of Vancouver spokeswoman said bird flu represents a ‘real and present risk’ to backyard chickens, although no ...
Flu season is here. Here’s what you can do about it.
More Americans are getting infected with seasonal influenza and seeking care, a regular occurrence this time of year.
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Health department finds bird flu in Lincoln wastewater; cause unknown
The sample -- the first to detect H5 bird flu in Lincoln -- was collected from the Northeast Water Resource Recovery Facility ...
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Respiratory virus cases on the rise in Coulee Region and across Wisconsin
LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Wisconsin health officials are seeing a rise in respiratory viruses, including in the Coulee Region. "So, ...
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B.C. doctor concerned about increase of avian flu infections in humans
Dr. David Goldfarb, a medical microbiologist and pediatric infectious disease physician, treated the first H5N1 case acquired ...