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California offering $25 gift cards to encourage bird flu testing
Dubbed the Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing or AFAST project, some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift ...
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CDC expands testing protocols for avian flu cases in influenza patients
The Centers for Disease Control issued a health alert calling for the immediate testing of patients hospitalized with influenza A to quickly identify avian ... the virus in San Francisco who ...
California gives $25 gift cards to boost bird flu testing
Health officials in California are now offering gift cards to encourage folks near farms to get tested for bird flu.
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This state is offering people $25 to get screened for bird flu
Public health officials in at least one state are now offering money as an incentive to encourage people to get screened or ...
Bird flu detected in foxes, raccoons, skunks and cats in Texas Panhandle
Foxes, raccoons, striped skunks and domestic cats have tested positive for the bird flu across six Texas counties, state ...
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How bird flu differs from seasonal flu − an infectious disease researcher explains
Paton, University of Iowa (THE CONVERSATION) The flu sickens millions ... about the current avian influenza outbreak. Different strains of influenza A and influenza B emerge each year from about ...