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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for ...

(CDC/NIAID via AP, File) NEW YORK (AP) — The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been ...

America's first human death from bird flu occurred in Louisiana, where an elderly resident succumbed to the H5N1 virus after ...

The CDC is calling for expanded testing of bird flu after a child in California tested positive for the virus despite no ...

No other people were found to have been sickened by the virus in Louisiana. "CDC has carefully studied the available ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released an advisory recommending clinicians expedite subtyping of type ...

The U.S. reported its first human death from H5N1 bird flu, marking a significant milestone in the outbreak. The patient was ...

The CDC has confirmed a positive bird flu case in a child in San Francisco, the second juvenile case of H5N1 in the country.

Learn about the CDC's new measures for clinicians, including prompt testing for bird flu and antiviral treatment, to respond to the outbreak.

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 ...