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 ...

Hospitals should expand and speed up testing of people hospitalised with influenza to see if they are suffering from bird flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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 ...

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 ...

The CDC advises testing hospitalized flu patients for bird flu within 24 hours to promptly identify avian influenza A infections. Despite low public risk and no evidence of person-to-person spread, ...

Kavita Patel speaks with Gadi Schwartz about the difference in symptoms between a cold and the flu and explains the CDC's urge for faster testing to find human bird flu cases.Jan. 17, 2025 ...

The CDC recommends the following measures to curb the spread of bird flu: accelerate testing for hospitalized patients with flu symptoms; avoid direct contact with sick or dead wild birds ...

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients hospitalized with flu ...

Nirav Shah, the CDC’s principal deputy director, said the recommendation for accelerated testing for hospitalized patients is being prompted by cases in which patients were confirmed with bird ...

CDC Urges Faster Testing for Bird Flu Amid Growing Outbreak By India Edwards HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

The latest CDC alert says testing for bird flu should move more quickly, ideally within 24 hours of a person’s hospital admission. “The system right now tells us what has already happened.