Recent experience with H5N1 avian influenza virus in Asia has highlighted concerns of a novel influenza strain capable of spreading easily and causing serious illness in humans, which would cause an influx of patients into hospitals. Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (LACDHS) surveyed...
If the first outbreak is in, say, Los Angeles, "do you send doctors from around the country to the West Coast," Germann says, "or keep them where they are because it'll be everywhere in a few weeks?" Germann assured the group he could help. Then he returned to Los Alamos. Every ...
LOS ANGELES, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Influenza cases are increasing in most parts of the United States, and the highest level has been recorded in central and south-central regions, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There have bee...
The virus has been detected in 865 dairy herds in 16 states, with nearly 650 of them in California. Raw milk from infected cattlewas recalledlate last month after the virus was found in samples sold in California stores. On Wednesday, Los Angeles County health officials con...
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LOS ANGELES, April 7 (Xinhua) -- A highly pathogenic avian flu virus is spreading across U.S. farms and chicken yards, sprawling to at least 24 states in the country less than two months after the first outbreak was reported in a commercial flock. ...
LOS ANGELES, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Although flu activity eased a bit in theUnited States, overall influenza-associated illness remains high across most of the country, according to the latest U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly surveillance report. ...