Scientists Simulate Flu Outbreak in City Similar to Chicago |
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March 10, 2008 • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterAntiviral medications and social-distancing measures may be sufficient to mitigate a flu pandemic outbreak until a vaccine becomes available, according to a new NIGMS-supported study. |
New Software To Aid Early Detection of Infectious Disease Outbreaks |
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December 6, 2007 • National Institute of General Medical SciencesA newly released software program will let health authorities at the site of an infectious disease outbreak quickly analyze data, speeding the detection of new cases and the implementation of effective interventions. |
Cholera Can Be Controlled With Oral Vaccines |
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November 26, 2007 • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterResearchers funded by the NIGMS Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study report that cholera could be controlled inexpensively by orally vaccinating affected populations. |
MIDAS Study Confirms Limited Human-to-Human Spread of Avian Flu |
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August 28, 2007 • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterInfectious-disease-modeling experts funded by NIGMS confirm that H5N1 avian influenza spread among a family in Indonesia in 2006. |
MIDAS Maps Featured in Geography Highlights Book |
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July 23, 2007 • Research Triangle Park InstituteMaps developed as part of the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study funded by NIGMS are being included in a book featuring the year's best examples of geographic information system cartography. |
Rapid Response Helped Contain 1918 Flu |
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April 2, 2007 • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesNIGMS-supported analyses of historic data show that cities that responded rapidly to the spread of flu in 1918 cut their mortality rates. The studies help plan for future pandemics. |
MIDAS Researchers Will Use TeraGrid to Predict Disease Spread |
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March 28, 2007 • Research Triangle InstituteNIGMS-funded researchers will use TeraGrid, the world's largest cyber infrastructure, to develop models projecting the spread of infectious disease. |
HHS Unveils Two New Efforts to Advance Pandemic Flu Preparedness |
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February 1, 2007 • Centers for Disease Control and PreventionResearchers involved in the NIGMS Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study contributed to interim guidance for slowing a pandemic flu outbreak. |
Antiviral Drugs Curb Seasonal Flu |
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January 16, 2007 • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterAntiviral drugs are effective in reducing the spread of the influenza virus among family members, report researchers funded by an NIGMS MIDAS grant. |
U.S. Avian Flu Pandemic Modeled on Supercomputer |
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April 3, 2006 • Los Alamos National LaboratoryNIGMS-supported scientists have developed a simulation model that makes stark predictions about the possible future course of an avian influenza pandemic in the United States. |
Computer Model Examines Strategies to Mitigate Potential U.S. Flu Pandemic |
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April 3, 2006 • National Institute of General Medical SciencesNIGMS-supported researchers develop a computer model to study how pandemic flu might spread in the United States and to test the effectiveness of possible intervention strategies. |
Modeling Shows Containment Could Delay, Not Prevent, Pandemic Flu |
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February 21, 2006 • National Institute of General Medical SciencesNew research from scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and the University of Washington in Seattle suggests that containment can buy time to prepare, but containment alone is not enough to stop a flu pandemic from occurring. |
New Teams Join Network to Model Pandemic Flu, Other Infectious Outbreaks |
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February 1, 2006 • National Institute of General Medical SciencesFour new scientific teams joined the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) research network to develop computer-based simulations of pandemic flu and other infectious disease outbreaks. |
Mathematics and Statistics Combat Epidemics & Bioterror |
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February 1, 2006 • Harvard UniversityA Harvard–led research team was today awarded one of four new national Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). |
UCI Joins International Effort to Model Influenza Outbreaks |
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February 1, 2006 • University of California, IrvineNIGMS has awarded $1.5 million over the next five years to a research team at the University of California, Irvine, to develop computer-based simulations of pandemic flu and other infectious disease outbreaks. |
Researchers Model Avian Flu Outbreak, Impact of Interventions |
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August 3, 2005 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
Early Detection, Rapid Response Key to Containing Global Flu Pandemic |
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August 3, 2005 • Emory University |
Preventing a Global Pandemic of Avian Flu is Feasible if Measures Taken in Time, Says New Research |
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August 3, 2005 • Imperial College |
Computer Simulation to Predict Pattern of Outbreak of H5N1 Avian Flu Pandemic |
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November 24, 2004 • News Target Network |
Computer Program Developing to Track Disease, Biological Attacks |
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November 22, 2004 • RTI International |
RTI Hosts Exercise to Simulate Avian Flu Outbreak |
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November 16, 2004 • RTI International |
Flu Experts Leery of Pandemic Preparedness |
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November 15, 2004 • Scripps Howard News Service |
Computer Models to Simulate Hypothetical Outbreak of Avian Flu |
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November 15, 2004 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
School of Public Health Awarded $2.9 Million For Computer Modeling Of Epidemics |
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May 4, 2004 • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
Computers Combat Disease: New Modeling Grants Target Epidemics, Bioterror |
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May 4, 2004 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
Emory University Scientists Receive $3 Million NIH Grant to Develop Computer Modeling |
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May 4, 2004 • Emory University |
NIH Chooses Los Alamos to Model Urban Epidemics |
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May 4, 2004 • Los Alamos National Laboratory |
RTI International to Head Research Team to Model Infectious Disease Outbreaks as Part of National Bioterrorism Defense Effort |
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May 4, 2004 • RTI International |