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 ...
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Memo to Trump: Create a new biosafety and biosecurity agency to oversee research
To improve and streamline oversight of risky pathogen research, President-elect Donald Trump should create a new biosafety ...
First bird flu death in the U.S.: Here’s what you need to know about the virus
On Monday, Louisiana health officials announced that a person hospitalized last month with a severe case of avian influenza — ...
First US bird flu death is announced in Louisiana
The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported. Louisiana health officials announced the death Monday of a person who had ...
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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 ...
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First U.S. Bird Flu Death Raises Concerns
The first U.S. death from bird flu is raising new concerns about the H5N1 virus, and whether bird flu will become the next ...
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As prevention strategy for sexually transmitted infections rolls out, experts highlight both promise and knowledge gaps
DoxyPEP is reducing the rate of syphilis and chlamydia but has had little to no effect on gonorrhea and needs close ...
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As bird flu affects more people and animals, CDC urges faster testing
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory Thursday urging health care workers treating patients ...
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Bird Flu 'Wake Up Call': Scientists Issue Warning After Mutation
"These types of mutations are the exact types of mutations we worry about in infectious disease epidemiology ... the potential threat this disease poses. The CDC found that the mutations observed ...