2016 Medical Screening Vaccination 
Alabama Academy of Family Physicians
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
By Wes Stubblefield, MD, MPH, FAAP ADPH Medical Officer H5N1 influenza, or “bird flu,” is a type of influenza that was first discovered in the 1950s. Since 2016, HPAI H5N1 has been detected in wild birds in the United States during screening efforts by wildlife authorities.
GeriPal
APRIL 20, 2023
In terms of their risk, in terms of how we think of preventive health, as we think of screening, all of those things, I would turn around to the geriatricians and say, “Check your implicit bias. What medical intervention saves health dollars, costs less than not doing it? Maybe vaccines, maybe. HPV vaccine.
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