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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.
CDC calls for testing hospitalized flu patients to determine whether they have bird flu
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking that people with flu severe enough to require hospitalization be tested for bird flu.
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.
CDC urges faster testing to find human bird flu cases
NBC News Medical Contributor Dr. 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.
CDC upgrades its advisory on bird flu. Will Moderna’s stock get a boost?
CDC officials say medical professionals are seeing more patients whose illness cannot be traced back to an infected animal or bird.
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.

Wisconsin reports 1st pediatric death from flu this season

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 ...
What is Flu A? What we know about influenza in Indiana, flu symptoms, how long it lasts and more
Influenza is high across the country, and Indiana is among the states affected. Here's what we know about how long flu lasts, ...
Flu Symptoms to Watch Out For as Winter Illnesses Surge
Symptoms usually come on suddenly, according to the CDC, and can include fevers above 100.4 degrees F, dry cough, sore throat ...
Flu activity is high and expected to remain so for several weeks, CDC says
Seasonal flu tends to spike from December to February. People who become infected tend to get a sore throat, cough, runny ...