A booster shot for vaccine development [Primary member] submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 15, 2004 from Scripps Howard News Service
Every year in this country influenza kills tens of thousands and requires the hospitalization of about a quarter-million. In epidemic years, the numbers can be astronomical, even when there is enough ... China,Foshan: Influenza Surveillance Brief 2004 Jan-Sep submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 14, 2004 from F.I.C Translated by F.I.C
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Throat swabs from ILI patients, collected from ... Dutch researchers:Bird flu more infectious than first thought submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 14, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/14/content_2087489) BRUSSELS, Oct. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- More than 1,000 people in the Netherlands were infected with the avian flu virus last year during an epidemic in the Dutch poultry industry, a Dutch government ... Dead birds on Malaysian oil platforms tested for bird flu [Primary member] submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 14, 2004 from AFP Via Brunei-online.com KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian authorities are investigating the deaths of birds at several oil platforms located off northeast Terengganu state amid fears of an avian flu outbreak, officials said Tuesday. ... US:Health workers confirm Wisconsin´s first flu case of the season submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 14, 2004 from AP MADISON, Wis. - The flu bug has arrived in Wisconsin, where health experts said Wednesday they have confirmed the first case of the season.
Laboratory tests found a Waupaca County woman had the state´s ... Influenza expert is beginning a three-year direct comparison of flu shots versus nasal spray flu vaccine [Primary member] submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 14, 2004 from Medical Study News A University of Michigan influenza expert is beginning a three-year direct comparison of the effectiveness of flu shots versus nasal spray flu vaccine.
Flu shots have been around since World War II, and ... Drug/DNA combination could offer longer-lasting more efficient flu vaccine [Primary member] submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 14, 2004 from EurekAlert,燚C Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
Drug/DNA combination could offer longer-lasting more efficient flu vaccine
Research from Sweden suggests that adding the drug tucaresol ... Thai government vetoes budget on bird flu vaccine research submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 13, 2004 from XinhuaNet News BANGKOK, Oct. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- The Thai government has vetoed a budget plan for bird flu vaccine research, local press reported on Wednesday.
Under the plan, the government was ... 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 ... Canadian producer in talks with US over sale of excess flu vaccine [Primary member] submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 13, 2004 from Canadian Press U.S. health authorities seeking desperately to overcome a massive shortage of flu vaccine in that country are in discussions with Canada's major influenza vaccine producer, the company confirmed Tuesday. ... GlaxoSmithKline in talks with FDA about selling flu vaccine [Primary member] submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 13, 2004 from Associated Press Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is in talks with the Food and Drug Administration about selling its Fluarix influenza vaccine in the United States to help cope with an expected flu-vaccine shortage ... 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.
But only a fraction of the 22.4 ... National Surveillance of Class A and B infectious Disease in China for Sep,2004 submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 12, 2004 from MOH,China (via http://www.moh.gov.cn) National Surveillance of Class A and B infectious Disease in China for Sep,2004
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The english abstracts in TIF version ... Flu outbreak in school. Zhenjiang city,China submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 10, 2004 from F.I.C (via http://)
Translated by F.I.C--According to a news report from Zhejiang Daily, a flu outbreak took place in an elementary school before the National Holiday (1st, Oct) located in Dantu district in Zhenjiang ... WHO insists Indonesian bird flu strain potentially deadly to humans submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 10, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/09/content_2067282) BEIJING, Oct.9 (Xinhuanet) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) insists that a strain of bird flu that has killed millions of birds in Indonesia is potentially deadly to humans, contrary to claims ... US:Efforts to ban preservative in flu shots revived submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 10, 2004 from The Orlando Sentinel The government's push this year to vaccinate young children against the flu has triggered new interest in banning a mercury-based preservative found in most influenza shots.
Called thimerosal, the preservative ... Fluvirin flu vaccine statement, UK Dept of Health submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 10, 2004 from medicalnewstoday (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=14720) The MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) has temporarily suspended Chiron Vaccines licence to manufacture Fluvirin influenza vaccine at its Speke factory, for a period of 3 months ... U.K. Flu Vaccine Unlikely to Be Cleared submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 9, 2004 from AP WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration is unlikely to clear influenza vaccine made by Chiron Corp. as safe for Americans to use this flu season, Dr. Lester M. Crawford, the agency's acting commissioner, ... 4719 items, 20/Page, Page[224/236][|<<] [|<] [221] [222] [223] [224] [225] [226] [227] [228] [229] [230] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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