We ‘have our head in the sand’: Health experts warn US isn’t reacting fast enough to threat of bird flu
The US hasn’t learned lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic that it could use to mitigate the threat of pathogens like H5N1 bird ...
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CDC Suspends Chagas Disease Testing, Re-evaluates Some ID Diagnostics
Chagas disease is a parasitic infection; acute cases can be diagnosed through microscopic examination of blood to detect the ...
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Hologic agrees with CDC to develop reagents for H5N1 bird flu testing
The initiative is set to develop probes and primers that could be integrated into LDTs designed for H5N1 identification.
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CDC Can't Confirm Suspected Bird Flu Case Tied to Raw Milk
CDC could not confirm what was suspected to have been the first H5N1 bird flu case linked to raw milk consumption. The ...
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Hologic Teams Up With the CDC to Combat H5N1 Bird Flu: Stock to Gain?
Hologic, Inc. HOLX recently entered into an agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) to develop analyte-specific reagents (ASRs) — the “active ingredients” of ...
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Cartel-run clandestine fentanyl labs increasingly difficult to track
Mexican drug cartels are driving an opioid epidemic, flooding the United States with increasingly potent synthetic drugs.
Gov. Newsom declares emergency in California after CDC confirms severe case of bird flu in Louisiana
As the CDC confirmed a severe case in Louisiana of a patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a ...
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CDC Can't Confirm Suspected Bird Flu Case Tied to Raw Milk
The State Laboratory and the CDC conducted additional testing, "but due to low levels of viral RNA, they were unable to confirm whether the influenza A virus present was H5N1 (avian influenza ...