U.S. Hospitals Told to Be on Lookout for H7N9 Bird Flu
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U.S. hospitals are being urged to head off a spread of the new H7N9 avian influenza by looking out for people exhibiting flu-like symptoms who have traveled to China or had contact with someone who has the illness.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a conference call with health-care professionals yesterday to review procedures for treating bird-flu patients and controlling infections, Erin Burns, an agency spokeswoman, said in an e-mail. The Atlanta-based agency today issued interim guidance on the use of antiviral agents to treat H7N9 infections.