US not ready for bird flu, other disasters -reports
submitted by pub4world at Sep, 11, 2007 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10357587.htm)
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - An incident in which a tuberculosis-infected man walked past U.S. border controls in May shows how poorly the country is defended ... Online ´Epidemic´ Gives Clues to Bird Flu Spread (HealthDay)
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 21, 2007 from Yahoo News (via http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/birdflu/*http://news.ya)
TUESDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Online role-playing gamescould provide insight into how infectious diseases such as bird flu spreadamong people in the real world, American researchers report.
A ... WHO: Towards a unified nomenclature system for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 16, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/guidelines/no)
Over the last four years, a variety of different names have been used in publications to refer to emerging lineages of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses. As a result, discussion and comparison ... WHO working group grappling with virus-sharing issues
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 2, 2007 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
Representatives from 24 countries are meeting in Singapore this week to propose solutions to virus-sharing problems that threaten to derail global monitoring of the H5N1 avian influenza virus and stall ... U.S.: Students´ pandemic hotline plan interests health agency
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 8, 2007 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
Stanford University students have proposed a model for a local pandemic influenza information hotline staffed by home-based volunteers, and the Santa Clara County Public Health Department in San Jose, ... Highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 in birds within the EU - Implications for Public Health
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 6, 2007 from Eurosurveillance weekly releases 2007 Volume 12 (via http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2007/070705.asp#2)
Since the later part of June 2007, three European Union (EU) Member States (Czech Republic, Germany, and France) have recorded cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) of the subtype A/H5N1 in ... W.Bank body, NGO to fight bird flu in Bangladesh
submitted by pub4world at Jul, 2, 2007 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DHA226333.htm)
DHAKA, July 2 (Reuters) - A World Bank subsidiary and a leading Bangladeshi NGO have formed an alliance to battle bird flu, which has spread to dozens of farms since March.
There have been no known cases ... European Commission Japan grant 15 mln USD to fight bird flu in Indonesia
submitted by pub4world at Jun, 14, 2007 from People Daily (via http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200706/13/eng20070613_3839)
The European Commission and the government of Japan provided 15 million U.S. dollars grant to support efforts of combating avian influenza on animal in Indonesia, an official said on Wednesday.
Chairman ... Nearly 13% of Vietnam´s waterfowls carry H5N1
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 14, 2007 from Xinhua (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/13/content_6236311)
Roughly 13 percent of waterfowls in Vietnam have bird flu virus strain H5N1, local newspaper Labor reported Wednesday.
Tests show that nearly 21.7 percent of waterfowls in capital ... Veterinarians At Increased Risk Of Avian Influenza Virus Infection
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 7, 2007 from Medical News Today (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=72750)
Veterinarians who work with birds are at increased risk for infection with avian influenza virus and should be among those with priority access to pandemic influenza vaccines and antivirals, according ... China shares first bird flu samples in a year--WHO
submitted by pub4world at Jun, 1, 2007 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L01189040.htm)
GENEVA, June 1 (Reuters) - China has shared the first human bird flu samples in more than a year, giving a boost to international efforts to track the deadly virus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) ... U.S. Department of Labor´s OSHA unveils new pandemic flu guidance for healthcare workers
submitted by kickingbird at May, 22, 2007 from OSHA (via http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_tabl)
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has unveiled new safety and health guidance that will help healthcare workers and their employers prepare for a possible ... Thailand to produce new influenza vaccine for WHO
submitted by kickingbird at May, 21, 2007 from TNA (via http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=29469)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided US$2 million to Thailand as seed money to produce vaccines to battle a possible outbreak of a new strain of influenza, Thai Public Health Minister ... WHO: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON PANDEMIC INFLUENZA VACCINE
submitted by kickingbird at May, 13, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/immunization/newsroom/PI_QAs/en/index.htm)
9 May 2007
I. Development of pandemic influenza vaccine
What is the difference between seasonal influenza vaccines, "pre-pandemic" vaccines, and pandemic vaccines?
Seasonal influenza vaccines refer ... U.S.: HHS Issues Interim Guidance for the Use of Facemasks and Respirators in Public Settings During an Influenza Pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at May, 4, 2007 from HHS (via http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2007pres/05/pr20070503a.html)
HHS Issues Interim Guidance for the Use of Facemasks and Respirators in Public Settings During an Influenza Pandemic
Facemasks and Respirators Could Provide Added Value When Used in Combination with Other ... WHO: Global stockpile of H5N1 vaccine ´feasible´
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 29, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2007/pr21/en/in)
26 APRIL 2007 | GENEVA -- Countries and vaccine manufacturers agreed on Wednesday in a meeting at WHO that it may be feasible to create a stockpile of H5N1 vaccine, and to separately develop a mechanism ... WHO facilitates influenza vaccine technology transfer to developing countries
submitted by wanglh at Apr, 25, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/entity/mediacentre/news/notes/2007/np18/e)
24 APRIL 2007 | GENEVA -- As part of a concerted effort to ensure more equitable access to a potential pandemic influenza vaccine, six developing countries are being awarded grants to establish in-country ... WHO warns against steroids for H5N1 patients
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 21, 2007 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
Apr 20, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – In the wake of a clinical conference, the World Health Organization (WHO) has modified its recommendations on treatment for patients with H5N1 avian influenza by strengthening ... WHO: Global meeting on access to H5N1 and other pandemic vaccines
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 21, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/advisories/2007/ma12/e)
Global meeting on access to H5N1 and other pandemic vaccines
Meeting on options for increasing the access of developing countries to H5N1 and other potential pandemic vaccines
In recent months, several ... China preparing to share bird flu samples -report
submitted by kickingbird at Apr, 20, 2007 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK296136.htm)
BEIJING, April 20 (Reuters) - China has agreed to send human bird flu samples to the World Health Organisation, state media said, in an apparent response to complaints that its reluctance to share the ... 542 items, 20/Page, Page[7/28][|<<] [|<] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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