Letters to the editor for Wednesday, January 29, 2025
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As bird flu spreads in cattle, some states still aren't part of US milk testing
Three of America’s top milk-producing states are not participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s program designed ...
The Washington Post27d
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 hospitalized with the flu to perform an additional test for bird flu within ...
UPI26d
CDC wants more, faster testing for bird flu as outbreak grows
The advisory, issued Thursday, recommends that health care providers perform a second test for bird flu within 24 hours of hospital admission for any patient suspected of having seasonal or H5N1 ...
Dead bird at Asheville park tests 'preliminarily positive' for bird flu
Despite these findings, the park will remain open, but visitors are advised to avoid touching or feeding waterfowl.
USA Today27d
Bird flu or seasonal sickness? Here's how the CDC plans to ramp up testing
Both bird flu and most cases of seasonal flu now circulating are considered type A flu. Commonly available tests can distinguish between types A and B, but not whether someone has seasonal flu ...
Fox News25d
As bird flu spreads, CDC recommends faster 'subtyping' to catch more cases
announced on Thursday its recommendation to test hospitalized influenza A patients more quickly and thoroughly to distinguish between seasonal flu and bird flu. The accelerated "subtyping" of flu ...
Yahoo News27d
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 hospitalized with the flu to perform an additional test for bird flu within 24 ...
CBS News21d
Geese found dead on UMass Amherst campus test positive for bird flu
This comes after dozens of geese died of suspected bird flu in Plymouth, Massachusetts over the weekend. It's the first known positive test of bird flu on the Amherst campus. The university has ...
Detroit Free Press27d
Bird flu outbreak is ‘really challenging’ to stop, Michigan State University dean says
When three chickens at the farm at Hess-Hathaway Park in Waterford Township died last week and three others appeared to be sick, workers acted quickly to determine whether the culprit could be the ...
Medical Xpress26d
CDC urges faster testing for bird flu amid growing outbreak
The advisory, issued Jan. 16, recommends that health care providers perform a second test for bird flu within 24 hours of hospital admission for any patient suspected of having seasonal or H5N1 ...
USA Today26d
As seasonal flu ramps up, CDC urges hospitals to speed up testing to track bird flu
Over 9 million people have been infected with the annual flu this season and over 100,000 have become sick enough to be hospitalized. According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services ...