WHO Calls Summit to Address Flu Pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 15, 2004 from AP
WASHINGTON - The World Health Organization has called an unprecedented summit meeting next week of flu vaccine makers and nations to expand plans for dealing with the growing threat of a flu pandemic.
Sixteen ... World Unprepared for Avian Flu, Experts Warn
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The current U.S. flu vaccine shortage shows perfectly how poorly the world is prepared to handle the next global epidemic of influenza, health experts said on Sunday.
There ... Canada:Review of avian influenza outbreak identifies next steps
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 29, 2004 from CNW Telbec (via http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/October2004/28/c6171.h)
Representatives from federal,provincial and municipal governments and the poultry industry concluded twodays of meetings today with a commitment to strengthen future responses toanimal disease outbreaks. ... IDSA Recommends Ways to Strengthen HHS´s Pandemic Influenza Plan
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 29, 2004 from medicalnewstoday (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=15579)
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has submitted detailed recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the agency´s Draft Pandemic Influenza Preparedness ... China:Expert team set up on flu prevention
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 26, 2004 from XinhuaNet News
BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- China's Ministry of Public Health said here Monday that it has formed a team of experts for the prevention and treatment of influenza on the Chinese mainland.
The ... New front line on bird flu war set up in Thailand
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 24, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/24/content_2132177.htm)
Thai Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry set up a new line of authority among the country's livestock officials on Saturday after being blamed for the in efficiency to contain the reemergence of the ... HK makes plan to counter winter flu hike
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 24, 2004 from XinhuaNet News
HONG KONG, Oct. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection has made a plan to counter the coming flu hike during winter and has prepared sufficient vaccine for a large-scale vaccination ... World unprepared for pandemic: expert
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 23, 2004 from AP
It's only a matter of time before another deadly flu pandemic strikes, an international vaccine expert has warned.
International Vaccine Institute director John Clemens said the world was ill-prepared ... US:IDSA Offers Policy Rx for Influenza Vaccine Shortage
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 22, 2004 from medicalnewstoday (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=15313)
In the midst of the current national shortage of influenza vaccine, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) today renewed its call for Congress and the Administration to implement innovative ... Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in the USA
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 21, 2004 from medicalnewstoday
How many people in the United States are hospitalized with influenza in a typical year? A study conducted by CDC and published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) on September 15 has ... HHS Cites Tamiflu in New Antiviral Guidelines for Preventing, Treating Influenza
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 20, 2004 from yahoo news (via http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041019/nytu161_1.html)
Nutley, N.J., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced new guidelines to address the use of antivirals, such as Tamiflu?(oseltamivir phosphate), in ... Choosing to Get Flu Vaccine Should Be Up To You
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 17, 2004 from Charlotte Observer (via http://www.arcamax.com/cgi-bin/news/story/1015/13872/650872)
Q. I have heard you say that there are problems with the flu vaccine. We are coming up on that season. What are the problems, and do you have a solution for the prevention of the flu? This is a controversial ... Risk grows of HK infection from China--official [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HKG264933.htm)
HONG KONG, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A top Chinese health official warned on Saturday of the increased risk of infectious diseases such as SARS and bird flu jumping the border to Hong Kong in 2005 as more Chinese ... Canada shuts out US vaccine seekers
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 17, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency
Canada is cracking down on the growing number of Americans who are scrambling to get flu shots inCanada as the anxiety over a shortage of vaccine in the United States spreads, it is reported Saturday. ... China:Measures set for preventing bird flu, SARS
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/16/content_2098391)
HONG KONG, Oct. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- The Third Joint Meeting of Senior Health Officials of the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, which was closed here Saturday, had reached consensus on the measures for preventing ... Thailand, Malaysia to cooperate on bird flu control
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 16, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/14/content_2089022)
BANGKOK, Oct. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to cooperate on bird flu control, facilitate goods transportation and carry out the Kolok river bridge project, a local newspaper ... Global health strategy for the European Union [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 15, 2004 from Eurosurveillance (via http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2004/041014.asp)
Global health strategy for the European Union
Editorial team (eurosurveillance.weekly@hpa.org.uk), Eurosurveillance editorial office
The theme of this year’s meeting of the European Health Forum Gastein ... Mice unlock mystery of Spanish flu
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 13, 2004 from Nature
Disease experts have come a step closer to understanding the deadly secrets of the Spanish flu virus, which killed around 20 million people in 1918?9. By reconstructing genes from the killer and introducing ... US:CDC,Aventis announce allocation plan for flu vaccine [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 13, 2004 from CIDRAP
Oct 12, 2004 (CIDRAP News) ?To cope with the loss of nearly half of the nation's influenza vaccine supply, federal health officials and Aventis Pasteur announced plans today to distribute Aventis's 22.4 ... US:CDC Flu Plan Aims to Guard Those at Risk
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 13, 2004 from AP
The government moved Tuesday to direct scarce remaining flu shots straight to pediatricians, nursing homes and other places that care for the patients who need them most.
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