California Gives $25 Gift Cards To Boost Bird Flu Testing

California Gives $25 Gift Cards To Boost Bird Flu Testing

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California gives $25 gift cards to boost bird flu testing

Health officials in California are now offering gift cards to encourage folks near farms to get tested for bird flu.

CDC and California offer $25 gift cards to encourage bird flu testing

California officials said bird flu testing has not stopped, despite social media rumors.

To motivate the population to test for avian influenza or to be vaccinated against seasonal influenza, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with the state of California, have promoted a program that delivers gift cards of US$25. This great effort is entitled Avian Flu Influenza Area Surveillance Testing (AFAST), which seeks to prevent infection in communities close to farms with outbreaks of avian influenza.

California offering $25 gift cards to encourage bird flu testing - Daily news Update

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now working with California on a project that is offering gift cards to encourage people to get tested or vaccinated near farms with bird flu, the state says. Some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift cards to people in the community to get swabbed for a potential bird flu infection or to get a shot of the regular seasonal influenza vaccine.  California is providing the gift cards at the c…