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Amid H5N1, CDC Wants Faster Influenza A Subtyping for Hospitalized Cases
The CDC is now calling for subtyping of influenza A viruses in all hospitalized patients -- and on an accelerated timeline, ...
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Louisiana resident is first American to die from H5N1 after contact with infected birds, CDC confirms
America's first human death from bird flu occurred in Louisiana, where an elderly resident succumbed to the H5N1 virus after ...
U.S. Bird Flu Death Stokes Fears of Another Pandemic. What History Can Teach Us.
There have been four flu pandemics since the start of the 20th century. What we’ve learned—and why we still can’t predict the ...
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Annual drug overdose deaths decreased by greatest number in US history: CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says drug overdose deaths in the U.S. decreased by 17% over a one-year period. Wildfires in Los Angeles County force widespread evacuation Las ...
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A fungus sickened more than 150 Michigan workers. The CDC still isn't sure why it happened
A common soil fungus sickened more than 150 Michigan paper mill workers, and killed one, in what health officials called the largest such outbreak in U.S. history ... the CDC said in a Jan ...
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What to Know About Bird Flu in the U.S. After CDC Announces First ‘Severe’ Human Case
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed on Wednesday the United States’ first “severe” human case of H5N1 avian influenza—or bird flu, a zoonotic infection which has ...
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Trump Selects Former Congressman Dave Weldon for CDC Director
(Bloomberg) -- President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dave Weldon to be director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tapping a former Florida politician and physician to lead ...