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Bird flu testing Prior to Thursday’s guidance, hospitals generally sent batches of samples to labs for subtyping every few days. Faster testing also aims to help doctors identify how people became infected and provide their close contacts with testing and medicine more quickly, if needed, said N...
"There has been no change to our guidance for testing suspect cases, we are not aware of any symptomatic workers not being referred or tested for H5N1, and it is very unlikely that testing would be declined if H5N1 was suspected," a spokesperson for the California Department of Public Health...
Tags: Pandemic Flu CDC To Hold 10 “Public Engagement” Forums To Solicit Citizen Guidance On H1N1 Vaccinations August 2nd, 2009· 2 Comments CIDRAP News reports that the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) will be holding public forums throughout the nation this month to get citizen feedback on...
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The sweeping directive to implement the order was issued by the CDC's Deputy Director for Global Health John Nkengasong in an email Monday, one official said, pending further guidance for when and how exceptions might be carved out. CDC staff assigned to work for the WHO are also being tol...
A formal vote on the new guidance is expected in June by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The panel's votes are important because they influence ways that the federal government supports immunizations, ranging from how insurance companies are required to cover vaccines to ...
to draw up a new"pan-respiratory" approachblending together federal recommendations forCOVID-19, flu and RSV. Cohen blamed the emergence of the highly mutated variantBA.2.86last summer and fall, and the fast-spreading descendant it spawned,JN.1, for delaying the rollout of the new guidance. ...
The agency recently updated itsinterim guidance for cliniciansopens in a new tab or windowabout contraindications to the vaccine, adding that those with an immediate allergic reaction to the first vaccine should not receive a second dose.
The guidance applies to common respiratory infections, the CDC said, and it shouldn’t take the place of specific guidance for pathogens that require special containment measures, such as the measles. Asked whether the change in guidelines might lead to more people being sick at work, particular...