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High-risk patients with COVID symptoms should use PCR rather than rapid tests, study suggests
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 4 days agoStudy findings that reveal a sensitivity of 47% for COVID-19 rapid antigen tests (RATs) compared...
USDA testing ground beef in states with bird flu outbreaks in dairy cows
FOX 7 Austin· 6 days agoAccording to the CDC, human infections with bird flu viruses can happen when virus gets into a...
New Brunswick mulls future of COVID-19 rapid tests, as virus kills 2, hospitalizes child under 4
CBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNew Brunswick is mulling the future of its COVID-19 rapid point-of-care testing program, as the...
FDA finds no live H5N1 avian flu virus in sour cream or cottage cheese, will assess raw milk
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 5 days agoAt a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) briefing, Don Prater, DVM, acting director of the...
Are Meat and Milk Safe to Consume Right Now? What to Know About the Bird Flu Risk
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBird flu continues to be a real public health threat, but apparently not to our food supply at...
Federal government says it is testing ground beef for bird flu virus
WSOC-TV Charlotte· 6 days agoThe U.S. government is collecting samples of ground beef at retail stores in states with outbreaks...
Is a HPV test better than a Pap smear? What to know as Ontario set to update cervical screening
Yahoo Canada Style· 3 days agoUnlike the Pap test, which requires a cytopathologist to detect precancerous cervical cells, testing...
US has found H5N1 flu virus in milk—here's why the risk to humans is likely low
Medical Xpress· 6 days agoTo answer questions about the safety of drinking milk contaminated with the H5N1 virus, it is...
Investigational FSHD Drug Did Little to Change DUX4 Expression
MedPage Today· 5 days agoThe investigational drug losmapimod did not significantly change expression of the gene behind...
“Super Gonorrhea” Has Arrived
Journal of the American Medical Association· 4 days agoThe clock is ticking on effective gonorrhea treatments—some say since 2018, when researchers in the UK reported the first Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain...