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Just Over Half of Children Hospitalized With Flu Receive Antivirals
FRIDAY, Dec. 20, 2024 – Just over half of children hospitalized with influenza receive antivirals, according to a study published online Dec. 17 in Clinical Infectious Diseases. James W. Antoon,...
Patient Hospitalized in Louisiana With First U.S. Case of Severe Bird Flu
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 – In a case first reported in Louisiana last Friday, a patient has now developed the first known case of bird flu so severe as to require hospitalization, according to the...
California Declares Bird Flu Emergency as Outbreak in Cows Continues
THURSDAY, Dec. 19, 2024 – California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a public health emergency on Wednesday as bird flu continues to spread among the state’s dairy cattle. “This proclamation is a tar...
2013 to 2022 Saw Increase in Influenza Testing at Hospital ED Visits
THURSDAY, Dec. 19, 2024 – The use of influenza testing at hospital emergency department visits increased from 2013 to 2022 in the United States, according to a December data brief published by the...
Patient in Louisiana Hospitalized With First Bird Flu Case in That State
MONDAY, Dec. 16, 2024 – Louisiana has reported what appears to be the state's first case of bird flu. In a health alert issued Friday, state officials said the case involves “a resident of s...
Study Warns That Cats Might Be Bird Flu Carriers
THURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 – Picture this: a beloved cat, playful and healthy one day, falls mysteriously ill the next. Soon after, the shocking culprit is revealed – bird flu, a virus that most...
Only a Third of U.S. Kids Have Gotten Flu Shots
THURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 – Despite a record number of American children dying from the flu last year, the percentage of kids getting their flu shots keeps falling. In new data posted this week by the...
Bird Flu in California Child Similar to Strain Seen in Livestock
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2024 – As an outbreak of bird flu among dairy cows continues, U.S. health officials reported Tuesday that the strain of bird flu detected in a California child is similar to the...
USDA Orders Testing of Milk Supply for Presence of Bird Flu Virus
FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 – Faced with rising cases of bird flu virus being detected in raw milk in California, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday announced it would mandate testing for...
California Farm Expands Raw Milk Recall After Bird Flu Virus Found in More Samples
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 – A California dairy farm has expanded a recall of its raw milk and cream after state health officials discovered bird flu virus in more milk samples. In a notice posted...
Flu, COVID Vaccination Rates Remain Low as Winter Nears
FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2024 – Worn down by pandemic-era vaccine overload, many Americans are ignoring pleas by health officials to get immunized against the flu and COVID-19, new data shows. According to...
Bird Flu Virus in Canadian Teen Shows Mutations That Could Help It Spread Among Humans
FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2024 – In a development that health experts have warned might come, Canadian officials report that the bird flu virus isolated from a sick teen in Vancouver shows mutations that...
California Child Tests Positive for Bird Flu
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 – A child in California has tested positive for bird flu, despite having no known contact with infected animals, state officials reported Tuesday. "California...
Canadian Teen Hospitalized in Critical Condition With Bird Flu
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2024 – Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in American dairy herds and poultry flocks, Canadian officials have announced that a teen in British Columbia has been hospitalized in...
Bird Flu Is Decimating Elephant Seal Colonies
TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 – The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America's elephant seals and drastically cutting herd populations, a new report finds. "It is likely that more...