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CDC and California offer $25 gift cards to encourage bird flu testing
Dubbed the Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing or AFAST project, some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift ...
The Conversation on MSN3d
How bird flu differs from seasonal flu − an infectious disease researcher explains
Avian flu strains tend to only affect birds, but the current outbreak has spread to cattle and – in rare cases – people. The ...
A key CDC vaccine committee will soon meet. We must get it right
This meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, has been a long time coming. Six weeks ago, the ...
Al Jazeera on MSN10d
Fact check: Does a new study say the flu vaccine is dangerous?
The study’s results indicated the cumulative incidence of influenza – or the number of new cases divided by the total number ...
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Scientists Raise Red Flags as H5N1 Bird Flu Spreads to U.S. Cattle Herds
As per the recent observations a growing number of H5N1 avian influenza infections in U.S. specially in dairy cattle has ...
WA flu season is deadliest in a decade
This year's flu season has become the state's deadliest in nearly a decade, with at least 388 deaths so far. Meanwhile, flu ...
CDC advisory group considers narrowing COVID vaccine recommendations
Notes from a recent meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ COVID-19 Work Group show health ...
Healthbeat on MSN6d
Winter respiratory illnesses winding down in Georgia, but some Covid and flu still circulating
As spring temperatures rise along with pollen counts in Georgia, the state is seeing a decline in winter respiratory ...
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How bird flu differs from seasonal flu − an infectious disease researcher explains
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Hanna D. Paton, University of Iowa (THE CONVERSATION) The flu sickens millions of ...