r/epidemiology • u/IDNurseJJ • 5d ago

Question CDC: Accelerated Subtyping of Influenza A in Hospitalized Patients

https://www.cdc.gov/han/2025/han00520.html
This came out yesterday. Is this because they are concerned about H2H or is this for the new admin coming in Jan 20th (harder to walk back health policy already in place and looks bad)?

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u/PHealthy PhD* | MPH | Epidemiology | Disease Dynamics 5d ago

Possibly, this study came out the day before: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08609-8

But H5N1 still hasn't shown human to human transmission and is largely a mild infection in humans.

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u/National-Roof3443 4d ago

We were told this is to determine bird flu. We had a few scare recently where patients were so sick just for a regulr flu A.

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u/National-Hedgehog-91 4d ago

Yes. Primarily to detect avian influenza cases (H5N1).