The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released an advisory recommending clinicians expedite subtyping of type A influenza samples from hospitalized patients, particularly individuals in an intensive care unit.

"The Chinese poultry lineage may have experienced more vaccine-driven selection compared to other lineages," the researchers wrote.

Companies including Moderna and Pfizer are working on mRNA vaccines for bird flu. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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The first human death from bird flu in the United States occurred on Jan. 6 in a Louisiana hospital, less than three weeks before the second Donald Trump administration’s inauguration.

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide ... including avian influenza A(H5N1), have gained the ability to spread easily and sustainably among ...

The findings come at a time when outbreaks of bird flu -- a different subtype of the ... of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 influenza virus currently circulating