The Washington Department of Health (DOH) announced it is investigating potential cases of avian influenza in Franklin County ...

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The worker are the first presumed human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, H5N1, under investigation in Washington ...

None of the health care workers or other contact have tested positive for avian flu antibodies so far — but could their ...

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They found that a specific type of immune cell, called T follicular helper cells, indirectly controls the anti-influenza response. ... Aug. 19, 2024 — The avian influenza virus needs to mutate ...

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Study found that influenza vaccination is highly effective in preventing infection and hospitalization in children, though ...

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In late August, a patient (whose identity hasn’t been released) was hospitalized with gastrointestinal issues. After testing positive for influenza type A, the patient’s sample was sent to a ...

(CNN) — A third close contact of a patient in Missouri who was hospitalized ... the population having respiratory symptoms not due to influenza,” Osterholm added. In a hospital setting ...