- FluForecast(R) Replikin Count(TM) Predicts That The H5N1 Cycle Which Began In 1996 Is Now Over By : Health News
Replikins Ltd. announced that the quantitative analysis of Replikin Count(TM) in the virus gene structure predicts that the current H5N1 cycle is over. - Bird Flu Infects Turkeys In Farm In Suffolk, England By : Health News
As avian flu is confirmed in a poultry farm in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, 5,000 birds are being slaughtered at Redgrave Park Farm, near Diss. Ducks and geese at the farm are also being destroyed, say authorities. - Research On Type B Flu Strain Could Yield Clues About Bird Flu By : Health News
Scientists from Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Rice University have developed a three-dimensional, molecular map that could yield clues about the genetic mutations that will allow bird flu to spread among humans. - Nanoviricides Go Beyond Antibodies in Fighting Bird Flu By : Health News
NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) (the "Company"), said it will be presenting new preclinical data at the 5th International Bird Flu Conference in Las Vegas on September 28th....... - FFF Enterprises Announces Results of Influenza Vaccine Distribution Innovation By : Health News
FFF Enterprises Inc., the nation's largest distributor of influenza vaccines and human plasma products, announced today the results to date of its online influenza vaccine ordering system, MyFluVaccine.com. First launched May 4, 2006 and now in its second year of operations, the system touted by FFF customers as an “influenza vaccine distribution revolution...... - Depopulation Of Birds Complete At Saskatchewan Farm, Canada By : Health News
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has completed the humane depopulation of birds on the farm in Saskatchewan where highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza was detected last week. - Researchers Identify Key Step Bird Flu Virus Takes To Spread Readily In Humans By : Health News
Since it first appeared in Hong Kong in 1997, the H5N1 avian flu virus has been slowly evolving into a pathogen better equipped to infect humans. - H5N1 Bird Flu Virus Strain Can Pass Through Placenta To Unborn Fetus By : Health News
The H5N1 avian influenza virus strain can infect an unborn fetus by passing through the placenta. - Novel Influenza and Bird Flu Therapeutics Moving Rapidly at NanoViricides, Inc. By : Health News
NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC) (the "Company"), said it is moving rapidly to fill the void in therapeutics against both seasonal influenzas and high path influenzas (H5N1, H7Nx). .... - Study Confirms Limited Human To Human Spread Of Avian Flu Virus In Indonesia In 2006 By : Health News
In the first systematic, statistical analysis of its kind, infectious disease modeling experts at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center confirm that the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in 2006 spread between a small number of people within a family in Indonesia. - St. Jude Influenza Survey Uncovers Key Differences Between Bird Flu And Human Flu By : Health News
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have found key features that distinguish influenza viruses found in birds from those that infect humans. - GlaxoSmithKline Signs Contract For Its Pandemic Flu Vaccine With UK Government By : Health News
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that it has entered into an agreement with the UK Government to provide its pandemic influenza vaccine in the event of a flu pandemic. - Impact Of Non-pharmaceutical Interventions During A Severe Influenza Outbreak By : Health News
Non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as closing schools and banning public gatherings, was probably effective in reducing US death rates during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic............ - Molecule that stops SARS virus replication discovered By : Health News
A new study has discovered a SARS-fighting molecule that can stop the virus from reproducing. - Orissa sounds bird flu alert By : Health News
Orissa Friday alerted forest and wildlife officials of a prominent wildlife sanctuary in Kendrapada district in the wake of confirmed bird flu cases in some parts of the northeastern state of Manipur. - Bird flu: India culls tens of thousands of poultry By : Health News
Authorities in Manipur culled tens of thousands of poultry after the outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in the northeastern state bordering Myanmar. - Why The Wrong Parrot Diet Can Kill Your Bird By : Nora Caterino
Giving your parrot the wrong bird diet can result in the death of your feathered friend. Yes, this is a fact. Feeding your parrot the right bird diet, however, can help ensure health and longevity for your beloved bird. Only in the last few decades has research revealed which foods are deadly to parrots and which are the best choices for them. - Training Your Bird the Easy Way By : Nora Caterino
When training you bird, teaching it good manners is a first priority. The "Up" command could be the very first behavior you select for your parrot training. It doesn't matter whether your parrot is a trusting, just weaned baby or an adult untamed bird, you can still use this easy process for training your bird. - Pacific Health Summit Focuses On Pandemic Prevention And Preparedness By : Health News
Everyone has heard the warnings and the facts are self-evident. - Veterinarians At Increased Risk Of Avian Influenza Virus Infection By : Health News
Veterinarians who work with birds are at increased risk for infection with avian influenza virus . . . . . . . . . - Novavax Pandemic Flu Vaccine Provided Protection Against A Lethal Challenge Of Live Virus By : Health News
Very low doses of Novavax Inc.'s pandemic influenza vaccine provided protection against a lethal challenge of live H5N1 viruses . . . . . . . . . - Engineer Who Survived Pandemic Of '68 Creates Model To Track Outbreak By : Health News
Nearly 40 years ago, MIT Professor Richard Larson spent a week sick in bed with the worst illness he'd ever had-the particularly virulent strain of flu that swept the globe in 1968. - Avian Influenza Survivors' Antibodies Effective At Neutralising H5N1 Strain By : Health News
Adults who have recovered from the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza may hold the key to future treatments for the virus, according to an international team of researchers. - Monoclonal Neutralizing Antibodies Show Promise Against Avian Flu By : Health News
Starting with blood of patients who survived a bout of avian flu (infection with the H5N1 strain) . . . . . . . - HHS Convenes America's Leaders To Help Americans Prepare For Pandemic Flu By : Health News
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched the Pandemic Flu Leadership Blog . . . . . . . . - "Virus Sponge" Could Improve Flu Treatments, Diabetes Care, Vaccine Development By : Health News
Influenza virus H5N1, which caused the recent outbreak of avian flu, may have a new enemy. - GlaxoSmithKline Supports World Health Organization Efforts To Strengthen Global Pandemic By : Health News
GlaxoSmithKline, today commended the commitment of the World Health Organization (WHO) to progress plans for ensuring that the world's most vulnerable people are protected in the event of a pandemic. - HHS Issues Interim Guidance For The Use Of Facemasks And Respirators In Public Settings By : Health News
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) part of the Department of Health . . . . . . . - ANX-201 Drug Combination Demonstrates Synergistic Activity Against Human And Bird Flu Viruses By : Health News
ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex: ANX), a biopharmaceutical research and development company focused on commercializing proprietary product candidates for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases . . . . . . - TFAH Calls For Stockpiling Of Masks To Meet Medical Requirements To Prepare For The Threat By : Health News
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) supports the interim guidance issued today in Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report concerning standards for use of masks and respirators in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak. - Novavax Reports Positive Pre-Clinical Study Results From Live Virus Challenge By : Health News
Novavax Inc. said today that it has received positive study results from a live virus challenge to ferrets inoculated with its pandemic influenza vaccine . . . . . . . - St. Jude Study Shows Effectiveness Of Peramivir In Prevention Of Mortality In Mouse Model By : Health News
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) today announced that investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital . . . . . . - Peramivir Protects Mice From Lethal H5N1 Infection By : Health News
The antiviral drug peramivir might offer humans significant protection during a pandemic of the avian influenza virus H5N1 . . . . . . . - Peramivir Protects Mice From Lethal H5N1 Infection By : Health News
The antiviral drug peramivir might offer humans significant protection during a pandemic of the avian influenza virus H5N1 . . . . . . . - Carrington Subsidiary DelSite Biotechnologies Secures Antigen For Phase I Clinical Trial By : Health News
Carrington Laboratories, Inc. today announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, DelSite Biotechnologies, Inc., has secured a source of influenza antigen for a planned Phase I Clinical Trial of a novel nasal powder influenza vaccine based on its GelVac(TM) dry powder technology. - New Research Shows That Flu Is A Trigger Of Heart Attacks - Influenza Vaccinations By : Health News
Doctors need to take concerted action to ensure that people who are at risk of heart disease receive the influenza vaccine every autumn, according to the authors of a new report published today (Wednesday 18 April) in the European Heart Journal. - Bypassing Eggs, Flu Vaccine Grown In Insect Cells Shows Promise By : Health News
An experimental flu vaccine made in insect cells - not in eggs, where flu vaccines currently available in the United States are grown - is safe and as effective as conventional vaccines in protecting people against the flu . . . . . . - Experimental Flu Vaccine Appears Promising In Early Tests By : Health News
An influenza vaccine produced with the use of insect cells appeared safe and produced an immunogenic response in healthy adults . . . . . . - St. Jude Named A Center Of Excellence In Flu Research By : Health News
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has been designated one of six Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a part of the National Institutes of Health. - Rapid Response Was Crucial To Containing The 1918 Flu Pandemic By : Health News
One of the persistent riddles of the deadly 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic is why it struck different cities with varying severity. - NIAID Expands Capability For Influenza Research And Surveillance By : Health News
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have announced it is awarding $23 million per year for seven years to establish six Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance. - Migratory Birds: Innocent Scapegoats For The Dispersal Of The H5N1 Virus By : Health News
A review to be published shortly in the British Ornithologists' Union's journal, Ibis, critically examines the arguments concerning the role of migratory birds in the global dispersal of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1. - Biota Says New Evidence Details GSK's Comprehensive Failures To Support Anti-Influenza Drug Relenza By : Health News
After a two year review of more than 200,000 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) documents, Biota Holdings Limited (ASX: BTA) today filed an Amended Statement of Claim with the Victorian Supreme Court that Biota says provides great detail of its allegation that GSK consistently mismanaged its legal obligation to develop and market the anti-viral drug Relenza(R) (zanamivir)(1). - Rockeby Receives European CE Mark For Human Flu Antigen Detection Test By : Health News
Australia-listed Singapore-based diagnostics group Rockeby biomed Ltd (ASX: RBY) is pleased to announce that it has received the European approval, CE Mark, for its Human Antigen Detection Test for Influenza A. By obtaining CE Mark notification, Rockeby will be able to launch the product in both Europe and Australia. - Influenza Vaccine - NasVax Announces Successful Completion Of Another Pre-Clinical Trial By : Health News
NasVax, (www.nasvax.com), an Israeli biotechnology company developing innovative biopharmaceutical products designated at improving the immune response and administration of vaccines, has announced today the successful completion of another pre-clinical trial in ferrets. - Statement By US Secretary Of Health And Human Services On The WHO Global Pandemic Influenza By : Health News
The World Health Organization (WHO) deserves continued support and commendation for its leadership in guiding the global effort to prepare for and respond to a potential human influenza pandemic. - Portable Lab Could Revolutionize Bird Flu Detection - Faster Test Results Would Speed Disease By : Health News
Animal health experts from 15 nations are meeting here today to discuss new mobile rapid-detection technology that experts say could revolutionize the fight against bird flu and many other livestock diseases. - Risk Factors For Spread Of Respiratory Infections In Hospitals Identified By : Health News
The 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in China has lessons to teach hospitals on how to prevent the spread of other respiratory diseases, according to new research appearing in the April 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, currently available online. - Metal In Feathers Could Provide Bird Flu Clues By : Health News
Measurements of different forms of the metal strontium found in bird feathers could unravel mysteries of their migration patterns and help predict the arrival of avian carried diseases such as bird flu. - New Studies Indicate GSK's Pre-Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Can Protect Against Different Strains By : Health News
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announces clinical trial data from two new studies, which show, for the first time, that GSK's candidate pre-pandemic split antigen H5N1 vaccine, formulated with GSK's proprietary adjuvant system, provides a substantial level of cross-immunity against a 'drifted' (diverse) strain of H5N1. - Roche Files Supplemental New Drug Application With U.S. Food & Drug Administration By : Health News
Roche has filed a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate) capsules in pediatric doses of 30 mg and 45 mg. - Migration Of Avian Flu Virus Reconstructed By UCI Scientists By : Health News
UC Irvine researchers have combined genetic and geographic data of the H5N1 avian flu virus to reconstruct its history over the past decade. - Sinovac Provides Update On Study Of Third Dose Of Its Pandemic Influenza Vaccine By : Health News
Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Amex: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced an update for the study evaluating the third dose of its vaccine against the H5N1 dose of pandemic influenza. - Washington Hosts Bird Flu Conference March By : Health News
Public health officials, scientists, policy makers, and business leaders gather at the 4th International Bird Flu Summit in Washington, DC. - Zoo closed amid bird flu scare By : Health News
Pakistan authorities have closed the Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad for visitors in the wake of a bird flu scare. - Focetria Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Receives Positive European Union Regulatory Agency By : Health News
Novartis announced today that it has received a positive opinion supporting European Union regulatory approval of the human vaccine Focetria for use in the event of an pandemic influenza outbreak . . . . . - FAO Urges Nigeria To Increase Bird Flu Control Measures - Improved Hygiene By : Health News
FAO has urged Nigeria to increase control measures on poultry farms and markets to prevent the spread of avian influenza and reduce the risk of further human cases. - New DNA Test That Can Detect Bird Flu Quickly By : Health News
eGene Inc. has developed a DNA testing system which is faster and less expensive than tests that are currently used. - Meeting Highlights From CHMP, 19-22 February 2007 - Second Mock-up Pandemic Influenza Vaccine By : Health News
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation for Focetria . . . . . . . - Long Road Ahead In Developing Effective Avian Flu Vaccination Strategy, Stanford Expert Says By : Health News
The near inevitability that influenza will explode into a pandemic in the coming few years has kept researchers searching for a way to prevent the worst effects of infection. - Sinovac Attended 3rd WHO Meeting On Evaluation Of Pandemic Influenza Prototype Vaccines By : Health News
Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Amex: SVA), a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, today announced that Sinovac attended the 3rd WHO meeting on evaluation of pandemic influenza prototype vaccines in clinical trials. - The Quigley Corporation And The Israeli Ministry Of Agriculture (MOAG) Will Collaborate By : Health News
The Quigley Corporation (Nasdaq: QGLY) today announced that it has signed an agreement with the State of Israel Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development (MOAG) . . . . . - Third bird flu case in Pakistan By : Health News
The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in samples obtained from a home in the capital, Pakistan confirmed Saturday. - Are Some People Immune To Avian Flu? By : Health News
New results from Richard Webby at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and colleagues published in the international open-access medical journal PLoS Medicine suggest that the answer might be yes. - WHO helping Nigeria cope with bird flu By : Health News
The United Nations health agency is helping the government of Nigeria monitor the situation following two suspected fatal bird flu cases in Africa's most populous country. - ADVENTRX To Present Thiovir Preclinical Data At The 20th International Conference By : Health News
ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex: ANX), a biopharmaceutical company developing anticancer and antiviral therapies, announced today that data from preclinical studies of Thiovir(TM) . . . . . . - FAQs Regarding The Suffolk Bird Flu Outbreak By : Health News
What does confirming H5N1 in a poultry farm mean for animal health?
Defra have put in place a 3km Protection Zone and 10 km Surveillance Zone around the infected premises . . . . . - Holiday meals Increase fears of bird flu in Cambodia By : Health News
Cambodia has stepped up its precautions against bird flu, amid fears the huge demand for chicken over Chinese New Year could heighten the risk of new outbreaks, a health official said Tuesday. - Low-Pathogenic Forms Of Bird Flu Do Cause Illness Among Birds By : Health News
Migratory swans carrying a mild form of avian influenza depart from The Netherlands more than a month after their healthy counterparts do. - Hong Kong on bird flu alert By : Health News
Hong Kong was on bird flu alert Friday after a wild bird found in a busy shopping area was tested positive for the avian flu virus. - Einstein Epidemiologist Suggests CDC Guidelines For Pandemic Flu Are Doomed To Fail By : Health News
Dr. Hillel W. Cohen, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health criticized the CDC guidelines for pandemic flu announced at a news conference today . . . . - GlaxoSmithKline Files Its New Pre-Pandemic Influenza Vaccine In Europe By : Health News
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) today announced that its new generation H5N1 split antigen pre-pandemic influenza vaccine has been accepted for review by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) in Europe. - Call For Antiviral Drugs For Bird Flu To Be Shared By : Health News
New predictions about bird flu, involving the use of a mathematical model, suggest that international cooperation to share antiviral drugs might be the best way to deal with an emerging pandemic. - Scientists Assess Risk Of Potential Flu Pandemic Spread Via Global Airlines By : Health News
An Indiana University School of Informatics-led team of researchers has constructed a model that predicts . . . . - Birds And Their Droppings Can Carry Over 60 Diseases By : Health News
Unfortunately, there's more than just bird flu to be worried about. There are over 60 other diseases that birds and their droppings can carry. - New Data Support Novavax's Pandemic Flu Vaccines By : Avian Flu News
Novavax, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: NVAX) novel virus-like particle (VLP) vaccines have been shown to be effective in generating protection against pandemic influenza as well as cross protection against different strains of the virus in pre-clinical studies . . . . . - New Data Support Novavax's Pandemic Flu Vaccines By : Avian Flu News
Novavax, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: NVAX) novel virus-like particle (VLP) vaccines have been shown to be effective in generating protection . . . . - HHS Funds Advanced Development Of H5N1 Influenza Vaccines By : Avian Flu News
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced today that the department has awarded contracts totaling $132.5 million to three vaccine makers for the advanced development of H5N1 influenza vaccines using an immune system booster called an adjuvant. - Study Finds Antivirals Effectively Curb Influenza Virus And Are Valuable By : SARS News
Two antiviral drugs, oseltamivir and zanamivir, are highly effective when given as a preventive measure to reduce the spread of the influenza virus, according to an analysis of household-based studies by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Michigan and University of Virginia, published in the current print edition of the American Journal of Epidemiology - Study Finds Antivirals Effectively Curb Influenza Virus And Are Valuable In Managing Seasonal Flu By : SARS News
Two antiviral drugs, oseltamivir and zanamivir, are highly effective when given as a preventive measure to reduce the spread of the influenza virus, according to an analysis of household-based studies by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Michigan and University of Virginia, published in the current print edition of the American Journal of Epidemiology. - Avian Influenza In Indonesia - WHO Confirms More Infections By : Avian Flu News
The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has confirmed the death of a 22-year-old woman from Tangerang City, Banten Province. The woman, whose infection was announced on 12 January, died later that day. - Businesses Gather To Prepare For Pandemic Influenza By : Avian Flu News
Scientists cannot yet determine whether the H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) strain -- which has ravaged the poultry industry in Asia, infected birds in Africa and Europe and sickened more than 260 people, killing 158 -- will cause the next human influenza pandemic. It is certain, though, that another human influenza pandemic will occur. - Quigley's Broad Spectrum Anti-Viral QR-441(a) Shown To Be Effective By : Avian Flu News
Quigley Pharma, http://www.QuigleyPharma.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Quigley Corporation (Nasdaq: QGLY) announced positive results from a study evaluating its anti-viral compound QR-441(a) in embryonating egg and VERO E6 cell test models - Avian Flu Virus Unlikely To Spread Through Wastewater And Drinking Water Treatment Systems By : Avian Flu News
A close relative of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) can be eliminated by waste and drinking water treatments, including chlorination, ultraviolet (UV) radiation and bacterial digesters. The virus is harmless to humans but provides a study case of the pathways by which the influenza could spread to human populations. - NIAID DNA Vaccine For H5N1 Avian Influenza Enters Human Trial By : Avian Flu News
The first human trial of a DNA vaccine designed to prevent H5N1 avian influenza infection began on December 21, 2006, when the vaccine was administered to the first volunteer at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. - HHS Pursues Advanced Development Of New Influenza Antiviral Drug By : Avian Flu News
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced today that the Department has awarded a $102.6 million, four-year contract to BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for advanced development of their influenza antiviral drug, peramivir. - ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc. Announces First Study Of Viprovex(TM) By : Avian Flu News
ImmuneRegen BioSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of IR BioSciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: IRBO), today announced it has commenced the first study of Viprovex(TM) to explore its adjuvant capabilities in the area of Pandemic Influenza Vaccine. - Avian Influenza 2006 - From Asia To Africa, From Europe To The Mediterranean By : Avian Flu News
Previously, the H5N1 virus had been confined to Asia; however, in February it reached Africa, more precisely Nigeria. Dogubayazit (Turkey- January), Irbil and Suleimaniya (Iraq- February), Salyan (Azerbaijan- March), Qaliubiya (Egypt-March) and Arta (Djibouti - May). - Avian Influenza 2006 - From Asia To Africa, From Europe To The Mediterranean By : Avian Flu News
Previously, the H5N1 virus had been confined to Asia; however, in February it reached Africa, more precisely Nigeria. Dogubayazit (Turkey- January), Irbil and Suleimaniya (Iraq- February), Salyan (Azerbaijan- March), Qaliubiya (Egypt-March) and Arta (Djibouti - May). - Human H5N1 Virus Replikin Count Overtakes That In H5N1 'Bird Flu' By : Avian Flu News
A common question asked at current scientific conferences is: "Where did bird flu go?" - For Travelers: A Review Of The Avian Flu By : Avian Flu News
Though the transmission of the avian bird flu to humans is still considered rare, the threat of a global pandemic is enough for travelers to stay abreast of the latest news. Helping to provide this information is a new article that reviews the avian flu as well as the recommendations for travelers. The article is published in the latest issue of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. - HHS Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan, USA By : Avian Flu News
STATEMENT BY SECRETARY LEAVITT
When the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released the Pandemic Influenza Strategic Plan Part I, a year ago, I noted: “We are better prepared today than we were yesterday, and we will be better prepared tomorrow than we are today.” Indeed - HHS Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan, USA By : Avian Flu News
STATEMENT BY SECRETARY LEAVITT
When the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released the Pandemic Influenza Strategic Plan Part I, a year ago, I noted: “We are better prepared today than we were yesterday, and we will be better prepared tomorrow than we are today.” Indeed - HHS Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan, USA By : Avian Flu News
STATEMENT BY SECRETARY LEAVITT
When the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released the Pandemic Influenza Strategic Plan Part I, a year ago, I noted: “We are better prepared today than we were yesterday, and we will be better prepared tomorrow than we are today.” Indeed - Recurrence Of A Flu Pandemic Similar To Infamous 1918 Flu Could Kill 62 Million By : Health News
In recent years, health professionals and the general public alike have been acutely aware of the potential ravages that could result from a flu pandemic. Although many people might still recall the pandemics of 1968 and 1957, it is the infamous 1918-1920 pandemic--and the possibility of a recurrence on that scale--that causes the most trepidation. - Influenza Activity Accurately Forecast By Prediction Markets By : Health News
Influenza experts have borrowed a page from economists, creating a futures market for influenza activity that predicted outbreaks two to four weeks in advance. The influenza prediction market is presented in the Jan. - European Medicines Agency Adopts First Positive Opinion For Mock-up Pandemic Influenza Vaccine By : Health News
The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has adopted the first positive opinion recommending the granting of a Community authorisation for a mock-up pandemic influenza vaccine. - Coming soon the 'holy grail' of flu vaccines By : Health News
British scientists are on the verge of producing a revolutionary flu vaccine that works against all major types of the disease. - Measuring Pandemic Preparedness: Vaccination Campaigns Need A Shot In The Arm By : Health News
A federal plan to vaccinate hospital healthcare workers against a threat of smallpox fell short on several levels, according to the first metric analysis of the prophylactic health program. Results of the Temple University study raise troubling questions about future preparedness against possible outbreaks of avian flu or SARS - Evolution Of Influenza A Virus By : Health News
An understanding of the evolutionary dynamics of the influenza virus determines scientists' ability to survey and control the virus. In a new study, published online in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, Dr. Eddie C.
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