Bird Flu, CD and influenza

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.
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 across the U.
As bird flu affects more people and animals, CDC urges faster testing
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitals treating people for the flu should test them for avian influenza within 24 hours.
CDC Expands Bird Flu Testing Amid Ongoing Human Infections
The CDC advises testing hospitalized flu patients for bird flu within 24 hours to prevent delays in identifying human infections. While the public risk remains low, nearly 70 Americans have contracted bird flu.
US announces new funds for mRNA vaccines, fast tracks bird flu tests
President Joe Biden's outgoing administration on Thursday announced $211 million in new funding to develop mRNA vaccines against emerging biothreats and said it was accelerating bird flu testing, as fears loom of another pandemic.
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 transmission.
US CDC Recommends Faster Testing for Bird Flu in Hospitalized Patients
By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek (Reuters) -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 ongoing infections in humans.
CDC confirms positive bird flu result in San Francisco child
The CDC has confirmed the positive bird flu case in a child in San Francisco. City health officials first reported on a presumptive case in a child on Jan. 10 and continue to investigate how the child may have been exposed.
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Seal, flamingo chick die of avian influenza at Chicago zoo
Testing has confirmed that HPAI was the cause of death for Teal, a Chilean flamingo chick, on Jan. 8; and Slater, a harbor ...
Bird flu flares up again in Michigan poultry – an infectious disease expert explains the risk to humans, chickens, cows and other animals
The virus impacts milk production and poses significant risks to other bird species, particularly domestic poultry as well as ...
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department issues guidance for slowing spread of bird flu
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been detected across all U.S. states, with recent cases in El Paso, Galveston, ...
‘Beloved’ harbor seal and Chilean flamingo die of bird flu within day at Illinois zoo
Their deaths came within a day of each other, the Chicago zoo said in a Jan. 15 news release. Teal, a months-old Chilean ...
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Expert weighs in on how much fear people should have about bird flu
As health officials track bird flu cases, we're getting answers about what this could mean for human transmission.
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How would RFK Jr. handle bird flu? His record on vaccines has experts on edge
Trump's pick for health secretary has a record of attacking vaccines. In fact he's even taken direct aim at bird flu shots.
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How Close Are We To The Avian Flu Outbreak Escalating Into a pandemic?
Avian flu is rampant in poultry farms and in wild birds in the U.S. Every mutation brings the virus one step closer to the ...
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Protecting your pets from bird flu
The U.S. is battling a bird flu outbreak in wild animals, poultry, and dairy cows—and many are also concerned about their pets. Dr. Stephany Lewis, wildlife medical director at the University of ...