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It takes several hours for the results of a polymerase chain reaction test, which “detects genetic material from a pathogen ...
Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the U.S. Here's what you need to know about the current situation.
Another major obstacle to vaccinating poultry is that the antibody tests that many countries use to look for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza are often unable to distinguish a sick bird from one ...
Headlines as of late have sounded alarms about the spread of the avian flu, known more colloquially as the bird flu. Over the last year, a highly pathogenic avian influenza, A(H5N1), has ...
If there was one thing we learned from COVID, it was the need for rapid, accurate, point-of-care testing to help contain the virus before it had spread silently to many others. It was years before ...
By Apoorva Mandavilli The campaign to curb bird flu on the nation’s farms has been ... do not have the legal authority to compel farms to test animals or people. Officials are testing bulk ...