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 ...
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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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 ...
Daily Herald1d
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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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 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 ...
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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Officials assess threat of H5N1 avian flu
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A virus (HPAI H5N1) remains a low risk to the general public, and public health experts in the United States believe that available treatments and vaccines, as ...
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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 ...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency over bird flu infections
This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26 ... according to CDC data. Thirty-four cases are in California, mostly ...