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CDC expands testing protocols for avian flu cases in influenza patientsThe CDC is calling for expanded testing of bird flu after a child in California tested positive for the virus despite no known contact with animals.
There have been 67 human cases of bird flu nationwide since 2024, 38 of which occurred in California, the most out of any state.
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
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.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitals treating people for the flu should test them for avian influenza within 24 hours.
Although it says the risk of bird flu contagion to the public remains low, with no evidence of human-to-human transmission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling on hospitals to test flu
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CDC confirms positive bird flu result in San Francisco childThe CDC has confirmed a positive bird flu case in a child in San Francisco, the second juvenile case of H5N1 in the country.
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.
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