CDC wants more, faster testing for bird flu as outbreak grows
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients hospitalized with flu symptoms.
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Early-Life Infection Burden Linked to Risk for Later Infections
Early-life infection burden is associated with an increased risk for later moderate-to-severe infections and systemic antibiotic treatments to age 10 or 13 years.
As bird flu affects more people and animals, CDC urges faster testing
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says hospitals treating people for the flu should test them for avian ...
As US marks first H5N1 bird flu death, WHO and CDC say risk remains low
But, fatalities are not uncommon with H5N1 infections overall. According to data collected by the WHO, there have been 954 documented cases between 2003 and 2024. Of those, 464 were fatal, leading to ...
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New Infection Control Resources Available for Long-Term Care Facilities
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) in collaboration with the American Association ...
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Children Undergoing ECMO Are at High Risk for Nosocomial Infection
Children undergoing ECMO are at a high risk for nosocomial infection; however, nosocomial infection did not increase ...
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Pigeon droppings health risk - should you worry?
The hospital says it has put infection control measures in place and no further ... They're the people who are at risk with this kind of bug." Cryptococcus infection cannot spread from person ...
CDC urges faster testing as bird flu affects more people, animals
The CDC is monitoring developments closely because the United States is in the middle of flu season. With more patients ...