CDC launches new dashboard to track bird flu outbreak in your area
Source: UK Independent
7 hours ago
A new dashboard to monitor the spread of bird flu has been released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as rates rise among dairy cows across the US. The health agency draws on data from wastewater sampling sites that have tested positive for influenza A.
The newly-curated dashboard, released on Tuesday, presents the data in map form and compares positive tests in a region to the same time last year. As of 4 May, the dashboard shows that higher-than-average levels of the virus have been detected at 189 wastewater sites across the country.
Upticks, however, do not necessarily mean that bird flu has passed between animals and humans as type A cases of flu are prevalent and make up approximately 70 per cent of cases in people. According to the CDC, no unusual upticks in flu-like illnesses have been recorded in recent weeks.
The dashboard can’t yet distinguish whether high levels of the virus in wastewater indicate infections in humans, cows, birds or other animals.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bird-flu-cdc-dashboard-cows-b2545644.html
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