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ID Biomedical Gets U.S. Flu Vaccine Deal    [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 7, 2004 from Reuters
ID Biomedical Corp. (IDB.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (IDBE.O: Quote, Profile, Research) signed a distribution deal for its Fluviral drug that could reap sales of up to $2.5 billion over a decade and ...

Vaccines may be useless if new type develops    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 6, 2004 from Times Newspapers Ltd (via http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1390264,00.html)
WHILE fears of a major bird flu pandemic proved unfounded last year — when only 32 people died — health experts believe it may have been the precursor to a serious outbreak for which the world is, as yet, ...

1933 Sequences in 2004 Korean H1N1 Swine Isolates Raise Concern    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 22, 2004 from Recombinomics, Inc
The swine sequences release by GenBank this week would appear to be cause for concern.  Six of the isolates were from swine in South Korea and they have both reassorted and recombined genes (between ...

US:First Flu Case Of Season Reported In N.J    [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2004 from AP (via http://www.wnbc.com/health/3970679/detail.html)
The first case of the flu for the season has been reported in New Jersey, and health officials urged precautions at a time when there is a shortage of vaccine to prevent the illness. The state Health ...

Flu pandemic could wreck global ecosystem, warns flu expert    [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2004 from AP (via http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041204/ap/d86oj5no0.html)
A medical expert has warned that the next flu pandemic could wreck the global ecosystem, in addition to killing millions of people worldwide, a newspaper reported Saturday. The World Health Organization ...

US:PA Department of Health Confirms First Influenza Case    [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2004 from Pennsylvania Department of Health (via http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041203/phf017_1.html)
Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Calvin B. Johnson today announced that a 13-year-old Philadelphia County teen has the season´s first, lab-confirmed case of flu. The Department of Health´s ...

OIE:HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN THAILAND, Follow-up report No.34    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2004 from OIE
Information received on 2 December 2004 from Dr Yukol Limlamthong, Director General, Department of Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Bangkok: End of previous report period: ...

OIE:HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN MALAYSIA (PENINSULAR)Follow-up report No. 6    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2004 from OIE
Information received on 27 November 2004 from Dr Hawari Bin Hussein, Director General, Department of Veterinary Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Kuala Lumpur: End of previous report period: 2 November ...

Avian flu could cost Asia $130 billion    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2004 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/hot/avianflu/news/d)
Avian influenza is expected to cost Asia $130 billion by 2005, according to Hur Young-joo of the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare, as reported in the Dec 2 online edition of The Korea Times. ...

US:Maine records its first cases of influenza    [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 3, 2004 from WMTW (via http://www.wmtw.com/Global/story.asp?S=2640889&nav=7k6rT)
The flu has officially arrived in Maine. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday morning that the first influenza cases have been confirmed in the state. Dr. Dora Anne ...

Asian nations vow cooperation on avian flu    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 3, 2004 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/hot/flu/news/dec020)
As public health ministers and officials from 13 Asian countries conferred in Bangkok last week on how to prevent the spread of H5N1 avian influenza, experts offered troubling predictions. The highly ...

Suspected bird flu case in France(not confirmed)    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 8, 2004 from Channelnewsasia (via http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/120260)
NANCY, France : A 69-year-old man has been hospitalised in northeastern France with suspected bird flu, health officials said on Thursday. The man, who has not been named, had recently returned from a ...

Malaysia:Blood taken from birds to screen for avian flu    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 2, 2004 from The Star (via http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/12/2/nation/)
Officers of the Penang Veterinary Services Department have taken blood samples from an unspecified number of hill mynas reared by a bird dealer in Seberang Prai to screen for the H5N1 strain of the deadly ...

US:Influenza and Whooping Cough in Montana    [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 1, 2004 from Liberty County Times (via http://highline.townnews.com/articles/2004/11/30/news/news3.)
As of the 20th of November only six cases of influenza have been documented in Montana. These cases were reported from the Helena and Missoula area. All the cases were caused by Influenza A virus and sub ...

US:NY Academy meeting examines the vaccine & avian influenza crisis    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 1, 2004 from medicalnewstoday (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=17083)
Effective vaccinations against influenza were established many years ago. However, lack of availability of vaccines and the potential for new influenza subtypes to spread in pandemics represent new challenges ...

Sweden plans to vaccinate against bird flu    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 1, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/30/content_2279112)
Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare wants to vaccinate on mass against Avian Influenza, the so called bird flu, after warnings from the World Health Organization, Swedish TV 4 reported on Tuesday. ...

Oral saline spray may slash spread of exhaled pathogens    
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 30, 2004 from Harvard press (via http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2004/11/29-edwards)
Some individuals exhale many more pathogen-laden droplets than others in the course of ordinary breathing, scientists have found, but oral administration of a safe saline spray every six hours might slash ...

Wildly fluctuating pandemic influenza fatality projections worry flu world    
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 30, 2004 from CP
The next influenza pandemic could kill 100 million people worldwide, a WHO official warned Monday, throwing yet another number onto a growing pile of predictions experts fear could be sowing confusion ...

Vaccine Will Not Stop Next Flu Pandemic, Official Warns    
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2004 from The Scotsman (via http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3818261)
Vaccine Will Not Stop Next Flu Pandemic, Official Warns Drug companies will not be able to make enough vaccine to prevent the next global flu pandemic, which health officials fear may be triggered by a ...

Modeling the Flu Series:Small seasonal changes can lead to big flu outbreaks    
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2004 from EurekAlert (via http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-11/mu-ssc111504.)
Small seasonal changes can lead to big flu outbreaks McMaster researcher investigates why influenza epidemics happen in the winterFlu season is on its way to homes across North America. But the question ...

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