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Influenza

INFLUENZA >> 

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Pandemic Influenza  
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Latest News  

Jan 15
New Item Novartis gets US contract for cell-based flu vaccine plant

Jan 9
New Item HHS reports progress on cell-based pandemic vaccines

Jan 7
New Item No dangerous changes seen in Hong Kong H9N2 virus

Dec 22
New Item EU panel supports innovative pandemic, seasonal flu vaccines

Dec 17
New Item Cost, resistance aired in HHS webcast on antivirals

Dec 16
New Item Treatment comes first in HHS antiviral guidance

Dec 15
New Item Progress reported at WHO meeting on virus sharing

Dec 9
New Item US preparedness report card decries funding lag

Dec 1
New Item PROMISING PRACTICES FOR PANDEMIC PLANNING
Addressing psychological needs in disaster response

Nov 26
New Item FAO: Momentum builds for 'One World, One Health' concept

Nov 25
New Item Hospital pandemic drill reveals major supply challenges

Nov 24
New Item CDC reports swine flu virus in Texas patient

Nov 20
New Item Indonesia says no H5N1 cases in suspicious cluster

New Item Report says pandemic will threaten coal, power supplies

Nov 17
New Item Study questions value of respirator-fit testing

Nov 13
New Item Google uses search data to estimate US flu activity

Nov 12
New Item Feds stage airport test of plan to slow pandemic

Nov 11
New Item US to give FAO $44 million for avian flu control

Nov 7
New Item GAO: Obama should address health preparedness, food safety

Oct 30
New Item University of Minnesota breaks flu-shot world record

Oct 29
New Item Experts at HHS webinar cite key pandemic planning issues

New Item US urged to launch major campaign against emerging diseases

Oct 27
New Item Donors meeting nets funds for avian flu fight

New Item Drug-resistant flu viruses cause growing concern

Oct 24
New Item WHO's draft pandemic flu guidance revises phases

Oct 23
New Item UN: Pandemic risk remains despite progress on H5N1

Oct 21
New Item Group urges next administration to reform public health

New Item Google funds projects to find, fight new pathogens

Oct 17
New Item US antiterrorism rules restrict vaccine exports

Oct 16
New Item Governors group identifies states' pandemic-preparedness gaps

Oct 9
New Item Businesses urged to avoid pandemic planning pitfalls

New Item CDC contract to improve labs' access to flu viruses

Oct 7
New Item CDC funds research on public health preparedness

Oct 6
New Item GAO urges HHS to speed antiviral, prepandemic vaccine plans

Oct 3
New Item Plant cancellation shows problems in flu vaccine business

Oct 2
New Item Study: First flu wave in 1918 was vaccine for some

Sep 30
New Item Public health groups report emergency preparedness gains

Sep 25
New Item HHS Web seminar touts personal pandemic preparedness

New Item CDC awards funds for new pandemic planning approaches

Sep 22
New Item Report suggests refocusing US pandemic vaccine efforts

Sep 3
New Item Glaxo offers program to boost employer antiviral stockpiling

Sep 2
New Item PROMISING PRACTICES FOR PANDEMIC PLANNING
Berkeley officials enlist young flu fighters

Aug 25
New Item H1N1 flu viruses growing more resistant to Tamiflu

Aug 22
New Item Study: Bacterial pneumonia was main killer in 1918 flu pandemic

Aug 19
New Item Researchers find long-lived immunity to 1918 pandemic virus

      
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New Item Assessment of states' operating plans to combat pandemic influenza
HHS report released Jan 15

 
New Item Getting beyond getting ready for pandemic influenza
Report from US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security released Jan 14

 
New Item Framework for the design and operation of high-level isolation units: consensus of the European Network of Infectious Diseases
From Jan Lancet Infect Dis

 
New Item Pandemic planning update VI: a report from Secretary Michael O. Leavitt
HHS document released Jan 8

 
New Item Preparing for pandemic influenza: guidance for GP practices
Document from British Medical Association and Royal College of General Practitioners, released Jan 7

 
New Item Evolution of drug resistance in multiple distinct lineages of H5N1 avian influenza
From Infect Genet Evol

 
New Item Survey of hospital healthcare personnel response during a potential avian influenza pandemic: will they come to work?
From Prehosp Disaster Med

 
New Item Transmission of influenza virus in a mammalian host is increased by PB2 amino acids 627K or 627E/701N
From PLoS Pathog, published online Jan 2

 
New Item Efficacy of soap and water and alcohol-based hand-rub preparations against live H1N1 influenza virus on the hands of human volunteers
From Clin Infect Dis, published online Dec 30

 
New Item Viral RNA polymerase complex promotes optimal growth of 1918 virus in the lower respiratory tract of ferrets
From Proc Natl Acad Sci, published online Dec 29

 
New Item Safety, humoral and cell mediated immune responses to two formulations of an inactivated, split-virion influenza A/H5N1 vaccine in children
From PLoS ONE, published online Dec 29

 
New Item A small community model for the transmission of infectious diseases: comparison of school closure as an intervention in individual-based models of an influenza pandemic
From PLoS ONE, published online Dec 23

 
New Item Guidance on antiviral drug use during an influenza pandemic
HHS report released Dec 15

 
New Item Considerations for antiviral drug stockpiling by employers in preparation for an influenza pandemic
HHS report published Dec 15

 
New Item Addressing ethical issues in pandemic influenza planning
WHO discussion papers released Dec 12

 
New Item Hospital infectious disease emergency preparedness: a 2007 survey of infection control professionals
From Am J Infect Control, published online Dec 10

 
New Item Community planning for pandemic influenza: lessons from the VA health care system
From Disaster Med Public Health Prep, published online Dec 9

 
New Item Antibody persistence after 2-dose priming and booster response to a third dose of an inactivated, adjuvanted, whole-virion H5N1 vaccine
From J Infect Dis, published online Dec 9

 
New Item Ready or not? Protecting the public's health from disease, disasters, and bioterrorism, 2008
Trust for America's Health report released Dec 9

 
New Item Evaluation of live attenuated influenza A virus H6 vaccines in mice and ferrets
From Jan J Virol

 
New Item Cross-reactive immunity in adult and elderly patients against clade 2 influenza A H5N1 virus strains induced by Fluval, a reverse genetic-derived adjuvanted H5N1 clade 1 prototype pandemic influenza vaccine
From Clin Vaccine Immunol, published online Nov 19

 
New Item Personal protective equipment in an influenza pandemic: a UK simulation exercise
From J Hosp Infect, published online Nov 17

 
New Item Avian influenza: a global threat needing a global solution
Commentary from Asia Pacific Fam Med, published online Nov 13

 
New Item Respirator-fit testing: does it ensure the protection of healthcare workers against respirable particles carrying pathogens?
From Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, published online Nov 3

 
New Item Safety and immunogenicity of a prepandemic influenza A (H5N1) vaccine
From Pediatr Infect Dis J, published online Oct 30

 
New Item Would an influenza pandemic qualify as a major disaster under the Stafford Act?
Oct 20 CRS report

 
New Item Vaccination strategies and vaccine formulations for epidemic and pandemic influenza
From Hum Vaccines, published online Oct 30

 
New Item Antiviral therapy for avian influenza virus (H5N1) infection at 2 Thai medical centers: survey findings and implications for pandemic preparedness
From Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, published online Oct 30

 
New Item Pandemic Influenza
CIDRAP-authored overview, updated Oct 3 with new research


 
New Item WHO: Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A (H5N1)
Updated frequently