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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services detected the first human case of H5 bird flu in Missouri. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case. Infection transmission among the public remains low.
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Scientists at Washington University have found that patients hospitalized with the flu can display long-term effects similar to those found in long COVID patients. The scientists studied Veterans Administration records to compare outcomes of the two viruses.
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Some of the same safety precautions that were encouraged to stop the spread of COVID-19 are also useful for preventing influenza.
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In determining the best guidelines for government action during the COVID-19 outbreak, city leaders and officials are looking at how different metros鈥
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Scientists are pushing hard to find a more effective way to prevent nearly all seasonal flu strains with one shot. For starters, they're paying volunteers to spend a 10-day stint in "Hotel Influenza."
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The number of cases reported in Missouri this flu season is only a fifth of last year鈥檚, thanks in part to mild temperatures.There have been 5,460 flu鈥
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Missouri health officials are urging people to get a flu shot this year to prevent a repeat of 2017鈥檚 brutal flu season.As of Oct. 6, health officials鈥
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Washington University scientists are identifying genetic features of flu viruses to investigate how to predict flu pandemics. In a study published in the鈥
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The St. Louis County Department of Public Health reports 1,282 cases of influenza in the first week of January. The illness is also causing a low blood鈥