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First U.S. H5 Bird Flu Death Confirmed—What the CDC Wants You to Know About Your Risk
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently confirmed the first death in the United States linked to H5N1 ...
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 ...
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Whooping Cough Cases Surge in Louisiana: What You Need to Know
According to the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), whooping ...
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MAP: Emergency room visits for respiratory illnesses are soaring in Louisiana
Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and New Hampshire, according to the CDC. The CDC calculates its activity levels (minimal, low, moderate, high, very high) with a baseline of the ...
CDC urges faster testing to find human bird flu cases
The CDC on Thursday urged labs nationwide to determine within 24 hours of admission whether people hospitalized with the flu ...
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CDC confirms positive bird flu result in San Francisco child
There are currently 67 confirmed human cases of bird nationally, including one death in an elderly person in Louisiana, CDC data shows. Human cases of bird flu are first identified by state health ...