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.
US CDC recommends faster testing for bird flu in hospitalized patients
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday urged clinicians and laboratories to test for the bird flu within 24 hours in people hospitalized with influenza, as part of its efforts to tackle the ongoing infections in humans.
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 ongoing infections in humans.
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CDC calls for testing hospitalized flu patients to determine whether they have bird flu
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CDC confirms bird flu case in San Francisco child. What is bird flu?
A San Francisco resident is the second child in the United States to contract the viral bird flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to SFGATE. A CDC spokesperson said it’s unknown how the child was exposed to the contagious disease,
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CDC officials say medical professionals are seeing more patients whose illness cannot be traced back to an infected animal or bird.
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