As California taps pandemic stockpile for bird flu, officials keep close eye on spending
California public health officials are dipping into state and federal stockpiles to equip up to 10,000 farmworkers with masks ...
Cold season tips: How to avoid catching COVID and flu during the holidays
Updated vaccines, proper hygiene and staying home when you're sick can help prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses this ...
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NZ Steps Up Bird Flu Preparedness as Threat of Avian Influenza Approaches
New Zealand’s Biosecurity Minister, Andrew Hoggard, is urging New Zealanders to prepare for the potential arrival of high ...
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B.C. teen with Canada's first human case of avian flu in critical condition
The teenager who is sick with the first-ever human case of avian influenza acquired in Canada is in hospital in critical ...
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Oseltamivir - Indications, Dosage, Side Effects and Precautions
The updated prescription information on Oseltamivir provides an overview of possible side effects, precautions ... for the treatment and prevention of flu. It suppresses the activity of the ...
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Fludeoxyglucose F 18 Injection - Indications, Dosage, Side Effects and Precautions
The updated prescription information on Fludeoxyglucose F 18 Injection provides an overview of possible side effects, precautions, warnings, and storage tips. You'll also find brand names used in ...
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Dairy workers may have bird flu without feeling sick, CDC reports
Dairy workers who’ve been exposed to bird flu should be tested for the virus even if they don’t have symptoms and be offered Tamiflu to cut their risk of getting sick, the Centers for Disease ...
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Bird flu H5N1 precautions ramp up as thousands of dead birds wash up along east coastline
Wildlife rescuers are increasing measures to prevent the potential spread of bird flu strain H5N1 ... had urged volunteers to take extra precautions with the rescue and removal of the birds.
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Why finding bird flu in a U.S. pig for the first time is raising new worries
At least one pig has picked up bird flu amid an outbreak in poultry on a backyard farm in central Oregon. While the infection appears limited to one farm so far, the discovery has raised new alarm ...
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Bird flu detected in pigs for first time as confirmed human cases double in two weeks
A pig was infected with bird flu in Oregon, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Wednesday. It’s the first time bird flu, also known as the H5N1 virus, infected a pig in the United States ...
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What to Know About Having Influenza A When You’re Pregnant
The most common type of flu is type A. This is the one you’re more likely to get while pregnant. Since the flu can be a severe illness in pregnancy, getting a flu shot is important. Influenza A ...
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Bird flu was found in a US pig – does that raise the risk for humans?
dairy cows and dozens of farm workers who have had contact with them in the US – and now the highly infectious H5N1 bird flu virus has jumped to a pig in the US for the first time. This ...