US CDC recommends faster testing for bird flu in hospitalized patients

FILE - A sign identifies the Edward R. Roybal campus of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 30, 2014. On Thursday, the CDC said patients hospitalized for flu should be tested for bird flu within 24 hours.

People hospitalized for flu should be tested for bird flu within 24 hours, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday, in an expansion of the agency's efforts to tackle increasing infections in humans.