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The US hasn’t seen a human bird flu case in 3 months. Experts are wondering why
During a call with U.S. doctors this month, one CDC official noted that there is a seasonality to bird flu: Cases peak in the ...
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FDA Has Paused ‘Milk Testing’ for Bird Flu — Now, Experts Think We Are ‘Running Out of Time'
The ongoing bird flu outbreak carries the potential of turning into a pandemic, which is why experts say pausing milk testing ...
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California offering $25 gift cards to encourage bird flu testing
The CDC also has a testing van from the agency's Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing, or AFAST project, offering testing at some of the sites. "Funding for the gift cards comes out of ...
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The Government Quietly Stopped Bird Flu Testing. Experts Say That’s a Huge Mistake
Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...
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Bird flu in Michigan: State testing milk amid fears of avian influenza infecting dairy farms
Shortly after, the CDC reported the first case of a human testing positive for bird flu. That individual, a farm worker in Texas, was likely exposed while working with dairy cattle. Since then ...
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California Gives $25 Gift Cards To Boost Bird Flu Testing
Clinics run by a state vendor near affected farms are giving out $25 gift cards to people who get a swab test for H5N1 bird flu or receive a seasonal flu shot. A CDC van is also visiting some ...
The US hasn’t seen a human bird flu case in three months. Experts are wondering why.
Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of ...