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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 may have bird flu.
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 hospitalized with the flu for H5N1 bird flu. Health care workers in
In light of avian flu, seasonal flu, CDC urges clinicians to speed influenza A subtyping
Due to ongoing sporadic H5N1 avian flu infections and brisk levels of seasonal flu activity, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today urged healthcare providers to subtype all influenza A specimens in hospitalized patients, especially those in the intensive care unit (ICU), as soon as possible.
CDC urges hospitals to speed flu subtyping to detect H5N1 faster
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a new recommendation for hospitals to accelerate the process of confirming cases of H5N1 in patients. The agency is now suggesting that hospitals, especially intensive care units (ICUs), begin to implement rapid subtyping for cases of influenza A.
CDC Confirms Another Human Bird Flu Case, Bringing Total to 67
FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed another human H5N1 avian flu case -- otherwise known as bird flu -- in California on Thursday, bringing the nationwide total of cases to 67.
Hospitals Should Test All Influenza Patients for Bird Flu, CDC Says
CDC officials say they extended the guidance now because they are seeing more H5N1 patients whose illness they cannot track back to an infected bird or cow.
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Amid H5N1, CDC Wants Faster Influenza A Subtyping for Hospitalized Cases
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San Francisco health officials say presumptive bird flu case found in child
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California child is presumed positive for bird flu
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San Francisco records first presumptive case of bird flu in child
San Francisco reported its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a resident. According to the San Francisco Department of Public Health, the virus was detected in a child. The child has fully ...
Is it seasonal influenza or bird flu? Here's how to tell
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Bird flu in NC: What to know following the first reported H5N1 death in US
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