News

California offering $25 gift cards to encourage bird flu testing
Dubbed the Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing or AFAST project, some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift ...
California gives $25 gift cards to boost bird flu testing
Health officials in California are now offering gift cards to encourage folks near farms to get tested for bird flu.
As bird flu hits cattle herds in U.S., scientists say these H5N1 factors worry them most
Bird flu infections have been rare among people, but the pathogen is evolving, which has scientists worried about a possible ...
Yahoo Finance11d
HealthTrackRx Partners with CDC to Launch Rapid PCR Test for H5N1 to Support Early Detection Amid Nationwide Outbreaks
today announced the development of a PCR test for Avian Influenza A (H5N1), created in partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as part of national emergency ...
CBS News5d
As bird flu hits cattle herds in U.S., scientists say these H5N1 factors worry them most
As the H5N1 bird flu virus ... now doing some form of testing on raw milk from farms. Poulsen said it's helped to slow the spread of bird flu in some states. The CDC is also trying to ramp up ...
STAT10d
The CDC’s critical occupational safety institute has been virtually wiped out
In a single day, 10,000 federal workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration were laid off, including 90% or more of those at the CDC’s National ...