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 ...
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First bird flu death in the U.S.: Here’s what you need to know about the virus
This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26 ..
First US H5N1 bird flu death, but wider risk low
A person hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has died, marking the first fatality linked to the currently circulating infection ...
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First US bird flu death is announced in Louisiana
FILE -This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March ...
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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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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 ...
A lack of wastewater testing is blinding the Central Valley to its bird flu problem
The Central Valley is home to many of California's most vulnerable groups to bird flu: agricultural workers. It's also where ...
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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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Early results of doxy PEP rollout show mixed impact on STIs
As health care services begin offering doxycycline to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs), real-world evidence demonstrates that the postexposure strategy, called doxy PEP, is ...
With first bird flu death in U.S., what is your risk?
Officials say the risk is generally low but urged Americans to take precautions while health experts closely monitor the ...