Oklahoma doctor talks influenza in state as positivity rates reach 25%
The flu situation in Oklahoma is currently considered "high risk," with numbers from the Oklahoma State Department of Health showing positive tests have jumped to 25%. The illness is impacting ...
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CDC urges doctors to speed subtyping of patients hospitalized with the flu to better track H5N1 infections
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging hospitals to accelerate advanced testing of people they suspect may have bird flu. Its alert to doctors and hospitals follows a few rare ...
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Dr. Kristin Moffitt from Boston Children's Hospital discusses spike in flu cases among children
OF DEMENTIA BY 19%, SO THERE IS A NATIONAL ALERT TONIGHT ABOUT FLU TESTS. THE CDC IS ASKING HOSPITALS TO RUSH THEIR RESULTS FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS. HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS DOCTOR KRISTIN MOFFITT ...
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As bird flu affects more people and animals, CDC urges faster testing
Most influenza tests at urgent care clinics, doctors’ offices and hospitals ... and flu. After testing positive for influenza A, follow-up testing revealed H5N1. Officials continue to ...
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CDC urges doctors to speed subtyping of patients hospitalized with the flu to better track H5N1 infections
The CDC is calling on doctors and hospitals to perform subtyping on all hospitalized patients who test positive for influenza A, ideally within 24 hours of admission. “It’s the subtyping that ...
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CDC urges doctors to speed subtyping of patients hospitalized with the flu to better track H5N1 infections
One of the ways the CDC has stepped up its surveillance of H5N1 infections in people is by asking state public health laboratories to perform additional testing on all patient samples that test ...