Bird flu H5N1 is a dynamic virus that poses an increasing threat in terms of spillover and pandemic potential --experts' discussion.
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CDC urges faster testing to find human bird flu cases
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday urged labs nationwide to determine within 24 hours of admission whether people hospitalized with the flu have seasonal influenza or are infected with the bird flu that's behind an escalating outbreak in dairy cows and poultry.
The guidance for labs to do this type of testing has been in place since last fall, but the process has been slow, with many hospitals sending flu samples out for testing in bulk every few days.
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Various reasons why COVID-19 seems to becoming milder-- experts suggest
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U.S. bird flu situation overview -CDC
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Probable human case summary during the 2024 outbreak, by state and exposure source
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US urged to do more to fight bird flu after first death
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...Health experts around the world have for months been urging US authorities to increase surveillance and share more information about its bird flu outbreak after the virus started spreading among dairy cows for the first time. ...
Tom Peacock, a virologist at the Imperial College London, said he thought "the biggest error the US has made is its slow and weak response to the cattle outbreak"
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Bird flu: What could happen with virus in 2025?
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...public health experts say they are worried the virus could mutate and become more transmissible, amplifying the need to ramp up testing and to stockpile vaccines.
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WHO comments that Bird flu risk remains low after first US death
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First US bird flu death reported, in Louisiana
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Opinion: Why The U.S. Could Be Making The Same Mistakes With Bird Flu As It Did With COVID-19
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Biden administration commits an additional $306 million toward battling bird flu and will distribute the funds before Trump takes office.
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The Biden administration, in a final push to shore up the nation’s pandemic preparedness before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office, announced on Thursday that it would nearly double the amount of money it was committing to ward off a potential outbreak of bird flu in humans.
Federal health officials have been keeping a close eye on H5N1, a strain of avian influenza that is highly contagious and lethal to chickens, and has spread to cattle. The virus has not yet demonstrated that it can spread efficiently among people.
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