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May 14, 20244:15 PM CDT Updated 2 hours ago
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. government officials have temporarily relaxed strict guidelines on how public health laboratories and healthcare facilities handle, store and transport H5N1 bird flu samples, which are considered high-risk pathogens, in response to the recent spread of the virus to dairy cattle.
The revised guidance, which has not been previously reported, came at the request of the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), which represents state and local labs that monitor and detect public health threats, according to interviews and correspondence seen by Reuters. ...
APHL Executive Director Scott Becker said his group made the request to prepare for the possibility that H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, acquires the ability to become easily transmitted among people. ...
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. government officials have temporarily relaxed strict guidelines on how public health laboratories and healthcare facilities handle, store and transport H5N1 bird flu samples, which are considered high-risk pathogens, in response to the recent spread of the virus to dairy cattle.
The revised guidance, which has not been previously reported, came at the request of the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), which represents state and local labs that monitor and detect public health threats, according to interviews and correspondence seen by Reuters. ...
APHL Executive Director Scott Becker said his group made the request to prepare for the possibility that H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, acquires the ability to become easily transmitted among people. ...
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