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 ...
Bird flu or seasonal sickness? Here's how the CDC plans to ramp up testing
A child ill with fever and conjunctivitis in San Francisco tested positive for bird flu but had no known source of ...
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CDC expands testing protocols for avian flu cases in influenza patients
The CDC is calling for expanded testing of bird flu after a child in California tested positive for the virus despite no ...
US CDC recommends faster testing for bird flu in hospitalized patients
People hospitalized for flu should be tested for bird flu within 24 hours, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Respiratory illnesses surge as flu, RSV and COVID-19 cases rise in the U.S.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hospitals are seeing a high number of flu cases and a ...
CDC Suggests Quick Bird Flu Testing for Hospitalized Patients
People hospitalized for flu should be tested for bird flu within 24 hours, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday, in an expansion of the agency’s efforts to tackle ...
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Continuing surveillance of emerging disease threats is vital for public health, national security
Basic public health protections help augment our national security protections,” particularly when it comes to emerging ...
Norovirus Is Surging Across The Country. Here Are The Symptoms To Look For, Per Infectious Disease Doctors
Norovirus tends to come on hard and fast. “Nausea and or vomiting are usually the first symptoms of norovirus,” says ...
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What’s Going Around Right Now? The 4 Winter Viruses of the ‘Quad-Demic,’ Explained
COVID-19, influenza, RSV, and norovirus—have created what experts are calling a "quad-demic" in the U.S. Here's what to know ...
Flu activity is high and expected to remain so for several weeks, CDC says
Seasonal flu tends to spike from December to February. People who become infected tend to get a sore throat, cough, runny ...
‘Rabbit fever’ cases rising in US as CDC warns of zoonotic bacterial disease
Cases of tularemia, also known as “rabbit fever," are on the rise in the U.S., according to a new report from the CDC. The report identifies symptoms and the groups most at risk.