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 ... British scientists make breakthrough in vaccine storage
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 22, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency
Vaccines could be stored for years without refrigeration thanks to a technological breakthrough whichpromises to revolutionize public health care, British scientists said Tuesday.
The ... Journal review:The first finding of tiger influenza by virus isolation and specific gene amplification(china)
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from F.I.C
please see the articles section for details.
http://www.flu.org.cn/resources/200410223895.htm
for full chinese text, please contact yangli@flu.org.cn Doctors look to antivirals as option to prevent flu
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The unexpected flu vaccine shortage is thrusting a class of powerful virus-fighting drugs into a sudden spotlight.For more than a quarter century, doctors have turned to antiviral medications, drugs that ... Quidel Launches flutest.com; Interactive Web Site Delivers Practical Flu Solutions For Consumers [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 22, 2004 from businesswire
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2004--Quidel Corporation (Nasdaq:QDEL), a leading provider of rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests, today announced the launch of http://flutest.com -- a Web site dedicated ... 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 ... Easing bio-security on reconstituted 1918 killer virus raises concerns
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 22, 2004 from yahoo news and PromedMail
The decision by a team of U.S. researchers to ease bio-security precautions for a reconstituted version of the 1918 pandemic flu virus - the most lethal killing machine in viral history - is sparking debate ... MedImmune Initiates Phase III Clinical Trial Comparing Intranasal Influenza Vaccine With Injectable Flu Vaccine
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 22, 2004 from Dow Jones Newswires (via http://www.biospace.com/news_story.cfm?StoryID=17774620&)
MedImmune, Inc. announced today that it has initiated a pivotal head-to-head Phase 3 clinical trial designed to compare its next-generation, refrigerator- stable intranasal influenza vaccine (CAIV-T: cold ... Vietnam faces new outbreaks of bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 21, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/21/content_2120102)
Vietnam has recently found eight chicken flocks in four southern Mekong provinces being hit by bird flu which either killed or led to the forced culling of 9,340 fowls, local media reported Thursday.
New ... GSK may boost its flu drug [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 21, 2004 from The News & Observer Publishing Company (via http://newsobserver.com/business/story/1752114p-8029150c.htm)
With the nation丩s supply of flu vaccine in short supply, GlaxoSmithKline is exploring ways to increase the availability of Relenza, an anti-flu medication taken to fight the disease. But the giant drugmaker ... Thailand:Government plans six labs upcountry for speedily test bird flu in humans
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 21, 2004 from MCOT (via http://www.mcot.org/query.php?nid=32031)
The Ministry of Public Health Thursday tried to allay public fears that bird flu infected tigers could pass the virus to humans by insisting that the two caretakers from the bird flu-ridden tiger zoo in ... Thailand Orders Cull of Tigers with Bird Flu
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 21, 2004 from Reuters
BANGKOK - Thailand ordered a cull of 40 tigers suspected of suffering from bird flu yesterday after seven more of the big cats died, bringing the tiger death toll at an infected zoo to 30.
"We ... 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 ... Avian flu infected 1,000 people in 2003, Dutch report says
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from CIDRAP News
Oct 20, 2004 (CIDRAP News) – Avian influenza probably infected at least 1,000 people during a major outbreak in the Netherlands in 2003, many more than originally thought, Dutch researchers say.
Results ... Experts seek to modernize flu vaccine-making process
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 20, 2004 from The Associated Press
The crisis in the nation’s flu vaccine supply has led to renewed calls to modernize a half-century-old manufacturing system that relies on millions of chicken eggs and a lot of educated guesswork.Because ... 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 ... Vietnam reports more poultry deaths
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/18/content_2104111.htm)
HANOI, Oct. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Vietnam has recently detected some 6,000 sick and dead fowls in four southern provinces, part of whose samples are tested positive for bird flu virus strain H5. ... Vietnam considers bird flu vaccine usage
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/19/content_2109177.htm)
HANOI, Oct. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Vietnam is preparing for the use of vaccines to cope with bird flu which has reappeared in some southern provinces, including sending experts to Chinese ... Thailand to end open-field duck farming to eradicate bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/19/content_2109657.htm)
BANGKOK, Oct. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The Thai government is determined to end all open-field duck farming by the coming winter so as to eradicate the avian influenza.
Ducks ... EU mission to decide on lifting poultry ban
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/19/content_2108263)
BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- A visit by European Union officials next week will decide whether a ban on Chinese poultry products should be lifted.
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