H5N1 bird flu infects five more humans in California, and one in Oregon
Health officials have announced six more H5N1 bird flu infections in humans: five in California and the first known case in ...
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CDC taps Alveo for bird flu test development as H5N1 spreads
The CDC wants Alveo to make rapid, portable A(H5) diagnostic tests "to support response efforts in the event of an outbreak." ...
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Invest in ‘triple rapid’ tests to fight mpox, H5N1 bird flu, and beyond
No FDA-approved rapid tests exist that specifically test for H5N1, and the first near-point-of-care test for mpox was approved by the WHO only in late October. Without widespread testing ...
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Oregon confirms state’s first human case of H5N1 bird flu in Clackamas County
Oregon health officials confirmed on Friday that an Oregon resident had tested positive for H5N1, an avian influenza strain that’s spread rapidly among bird flocks. This marks the state’s ...
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What Canada does to monitor H5N1 avian flu
A teenager diagnosed with bird flu in British Columbia is the first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 avian influenza, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. Since Influenza A or flu ...
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Dairy workers may have bird flu without feeling sick, CDC reports
Dairy workers who’ve been exposed to bird flu should be tested for the virus even if they don’t have symptoms and be offered Tamiflu to cut their risk of getting sick, the Centers for Disease ...
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Washington state officials identify four new cases of bird flu, as H5N1 outbreak spreads
Four people in Washington state are suffering from bird flu, prompting fears about the illness spreading to other agricultural workers in the U.S. Also known as avian influenza A (H5N1), the ...
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H5N1 bird flu detected in a pig for the first time, raising concerns
A case of H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. Pigs represent a ...
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Antibody Testing Picks Up More H5N1 Cases in Dairy Farm Workers
Opens in a new tab or window Some 7% of workers on Colorado and Michigan dairy farms with H5N1 bird flu-infected ... net in terms of who is offered a test so that we can identify, treat, and ...
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CDC Urges Increased Testing for H5N1 in Dairy Farm Workers
CDC is calling for expanded testing of dairy farm employees after a recent study showed possible H5N1 bird flu infections among workers who ..
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New UC Davis Ag Research Facility and Oregon Pig has H5N1
Exciting news for agriculture as UC Davis unveils plans for a cutting-edge Ag Research and Technology Center. USDA's latest ...
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No Evidence of Human-to-Human H5N1 Transmission in Missouri Case
Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window There's no evidence of human-to-human transmission of H5N1 ...