‘We’re Flying Blind’: CDC Has 1M Bird Flu Tests Ready, but Experts See Repeat of Covid Missteps By Amy Maxmen JUNE 20, 2024

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/cdc-bird-flu-tests-covid-repeat-concerns/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Ll9AKmVKrW55vHELZ-u7Ih3IvsLpJNI1hZI87q7TMZw8QxBoXHjsOG0MEWF0uApBqb9f2HAGaZQ38Hj6LPPWFnpfIZw&_hsmi=312639039&utm_content=312639039&utm_source=hs_email ‘We’re Flying Blind’: CDC Has 1M Bird Flu Tests Ready, but Experts See Repeat of Covid Missteps By Amy Maxmen Three months into the U.S. bird flu outbreak, only 45 people have been tested. Laboratories that are the foundation of diagnostic testing have yet to get approval to detect the bird flu virus. They say their path forward has been slowed by miscommunication and uncertainty from the CDC and FDA.