Despite communication blackout, CDC reports flu is rising nationwide, with spikes in ER visits
The CDC released some new flu data to the public on Friday, despite the Trump administration’s halt of nearly all scientific ...
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Bird flu patient had virus mutations, sparking concern about human spread
The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found ... for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last week. The fact that the virus mutated within ...
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CDC warns of 'high' respiratory virus activity as cases increase across US
The CDC estimates there have been over 1,500 deaths from flu so far this year. Respiratory illness activity – a measure of how often conditions like the common cold, flu, COVID-19, and ...
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CDC urges faster testing to find human bird flu cases
By the time those results come back, patients have often already been sent home, Dr. Nirav Shah, the CDC’s principal ... person to person. In fact, of more than 83,000 flu samples tested within ...
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How deadly is bird flu in humans? What we know as US confirms first death
The case fatality rate is approximately 52%, per the CDC. The countries reporting the highest number of human bird flu deaths are Indonesia ... “That, in combination with the fact that they ...