Over 160,000 people this season have landed in the hospital from flu complications, CDC estimates. More than 6,600 have died.

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CDC seeks quicker patient testing for bird fluBy KIM de BOURBONAlthough it says the risk of bird flu contagion to the public remains low, with no evidence of human-to-human transmission, the Centers ...

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

People hospitalised for flu should be tested for bird flu within 24 hours, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

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

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

A check for bird flu should be done within 24 hours of admission, the agency advises. Moreover, patients suspected of having seasonal or bird flu should be treated right away with antivirals.

U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advice hospitals to determine whether the patient suffering with a flu is ...

"The past month and a half I'd say we've seen five to six influenza cases a day, if not more, and then other respiratory ...

The CDC is monitoring developments closely because the United States is in the middle of flu season. With more patients ...

The agency says labs should accelerate testing on patients hospitalized with the flu within 24 hours of their admission.