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The CDC is ending testing on monkeys. Here’s what we know.

For decades, animals have been used in scientific and medical research. Naturally, some supported research on animals, while others wanted nothing more than to set the animals free. For those in the ...
Medscape

CDC Suspends Chagas Disease Testing, Re-evaluates Some ID Diagnostics

Chagas disease is among a list of infectious diseases for which testing via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) laboratories has been temporarily paused as of December 12, 2024, ...
MM&M

The CDC’s test for bird flu works, but it has issues

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a glitch in its bird flu test hasn’t harmed the agency’s outbreak response. But it has ignited scrutiny of its go-it-alone approach in testing for ...
The Hill

CDC urges hospitals to fast-track bird flu testing

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that hospitals speed up testing people who are hospitalized with the flu for H5N1 bird flu. Health care workers in ...
ABC News

CDC updates recommendations for bird flu testing, treatment after more infections found among dairy workers

46 human cases have been confirmed so far this year in the U.S., the CDC said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is updating its recommendations for testing, treatment and ...