Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 San Francisco

CDC wants more, faster testing for bird flu

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.

Barron's on MSN · 2d

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.

The Hill · 2d

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

MedPage Today on MSN2d

Amid H5N1, CDC Wants Faster Influenza A Subtyping for Hospitalized Cases

Doctors should use infection control measures if a hospitalized patient has suspected, probable, or confirmed H5N1, putting ...

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 ...

CNN8d

California child is presumed positive for bird flu

A child in San Francisco ... Covid-19 and the flu, and they tested positive for influenza A. Across the US, labs are sequencing all influenza A viruses to learn their subtypes.

Hoodline7d

San Francisco Child Makes Presumptive Recovery from H5N1 Bird Flu, Public Health Risk Deemed Low

A San Francisco child has made a presumptive recovery from H5N1 bird flu, with health officials stressing the low risk to the ...

ABC 7 San Francisco on MSN3d

CDC confirms positive bird flu result in San Francisco child

The CDC has confirmed a positive bird flu case in a child in San Francisco, the second juvenile case of H5N1 in the country.

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