Few companies willing to make flu vaccines
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 17, 2004 from The Washington Post
Few companies willing to make flu vaccinesUnprofitable: The shortage of shots exposes a troubling industrywide trendWyeth Pharmaceuticals doesn磘 make flu shots anymore, and it doesn磘 miss them one bit. For ... 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 ... Promed:Thousands of chickens die in Vietnam from suspected bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 17, 2004 from PromedMail
Thousands of chickens have died this month in 2 southern provinces of Vietnam, but the government, battling charges of a cover-up, has denied that bird flu is to blame, state media said Saturday [16 Oct ... 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 ... Malaysia´s bird flu hit state still in quarantine
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 16, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/15/content_2095128)
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Malaysia's north state of Kelantan cannot be declared bird flu-free though the standard 21-day quarantine period from the last reported case has lapsed, a veterinary ... 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 ... China to promote farming export [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 16, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/16/content_2096412)
GUANGZHOU, Oct. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- The expansion of farming products export will be a major target in China's foreign trade development in the future, said Vice-Minister of Commerce Yu Guangzhou Friday ... No chance of Chiron vaccine, U.S. says [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 16, 2004 from Reuters
None of Chiron Corp.'s flu vaccine made at a British plant is safe, which means the U.S. flu vaccine supply will be half of what was expected, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
Federal and state ... Chiron Responds to FDA Announcement; Company Committed to Taking Appropriate Action to Return to Market as Reliable Supplier of Influenza Vaccine [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 16, 2004 from Business Wire
Chiron Corporation (Nasdaq:CHIR) provided the following statement in response to the announcement by U.S. health officials today.
Chiron profoundly regrets that it is unable to meet the public health ... Global Equine influenza isolates/activity 2004 (Q1-Q3) [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from Equine Flu Net (via http://www.equiflunet.org.uk)
Table of equine influenza isolates/activity 2004 (Q1)
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EUROPE ... 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 ... First influenza virus detections in Europe: 2004-2005 season, European
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 15, 2004 from Eurosurveillance (via http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2004/041014.asp)
First influenza virus detections in Europe: 2004-2005 season, European Influenza Surveillance Scheme
John Paget1 (j.paget@nivel.nl) Adam Meijer1, Olav Hungnes2
1 EISS co-ordination centre, NIVEL, Utrecht, ... US CDC: Mid-Year Addition of Influenza-Associated Pediatric Mortality to the List of Nationally Notifiable Diseases, 2004
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 15, 2004 from USCDC (via http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5340a8.htm)
Beginning October 1, 2004, CDC added influenza-associated pediatric mortality (i.e., among persons aged <18 years) to the list of conditions voluntarily reportable to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance ... Quidel Third Quarter 2004 Results Conference Call Alert [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 15, 2004 from Business Wire
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2004--Quidel Corporation (Nasdaq:QDEL), a leading provider of rapid point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests, will release third quarter 2004 financial results after market ... Roche Reports Third Quarter Sales Are Up 9 Percent [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 15, 2004 from AP
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Group on Thursday announced third-quarter sales up 9 percent from the same period last year, driven by strong growth from its two leading cancer treatments. Sales for the ... 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
Date
Type of specimen
No. Of specimens
No. Of virus isolated
Percentage
Jan, 2004 to Sep, 2004
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)
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