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EU Approves GSK's Pre-Pandemic Bird Flu Vaccine

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Global pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is the first to get the go ahead for a wide spectrum vaccine to protect humans ahead of a possible future bird flu pandemic now that the European Commission (EC) is giving the drug giant approval today, Monday, to market its pre-pandemic vaccine ...

read more Global pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is the first to get the go ahead for a wide spectrum vaccine to protect humans ahead of a possible future bird flu pandemic now that the European Commission (EC) is giving the drug giant approval today, Monday, to market its pre-pandemic vaccine read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

Hong Kong Culls Market Chickens After Finding More H5N1 Bird Flu

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Health officials in Hong Kong said yesterday, Wednesday 11th June, they would start culling all live chickens on sale in retail outlets and markets after more birds in four markets tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus that is also lethal to humans. ...

read more Health officials in Hong Kong said yesterday, Wednesday 11th June, they would start culling all live chickens on sale in retail outlets and markets after more birds in four markets tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus that is also lethal to humans. read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

Confirmed H7N7 Avian Influenza In Oxfordshire Poultry Farm, UK

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Following confirmation of the avian influenza virus subtype as H7N7, the Health Protection Agency has reviewed actions taken in the Oxfordshire poultry farm outbreak.Based on the best evidence available from national flu experts, the Agency remains confident that all necessary steps are being taken ...

read more Following confirmation of the avian influenza virus subtype as H7N7, the Health Protection Agency has reviewed actions taken in the Oxfordshire poultry farm outbreak.Based on the best evidence available from national flu experts, the Agency remains confident that all necessary steps are being taken read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

Canada Strengthens Poultry Avian Influenza Surveillance

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
The Government of Canada is committed to protecting the health of Canada's domestic poultry flocks from avian influenza (AI) viruses. That is why this Government is enhancing its AI surveillance for commercial poultry flocks in Canada. This program is one of a number of domestic and international i ...

read more The Government of Canada is committed to protecting the health of Canada's domestic poultry flocks from avian influenza (AI) viruses. That is why this Government is enhancing its AI surveillance for commercial poultry flocks in Canada. This program is one of a number of domestic and international i read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

Information Session For Owners Of Backyard Poultry Flocks In New Brunswick And Prince Edward Island, Canada

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the province of New Brunswick and the province of Prince Edward Island invite owners of small or backyard poultry flocks to attend an information session on how to help prevent and detect poultry diseases, such as avian influenza. New BrunswickArea bird ow ...

read more The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the province of New Brunswick and the province of Prince Edward Island invite owners of small or backyard poultry flocks to attend an information session on how to help prevent and detect poultry diseases, such as avian influenza. New BrunswickArea bird ow read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

Trust For America's Health On New HHS Influenza Pandemic Draft Guidance

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) issued the following statement on the release of The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

read more Trust for America's Health (TFAH) issued the following statement on the release of The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

Sanofi Pasteur To Donate 60 Million Doses Of H5N1 Vaccine To WHO Over 3 Years For Its Influenza Vaccine Global Stockpile

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group, announced yesterday its commitment to donate 60 million doses of H5N1 vaccine to the World Health Organization (WHO) over 3 years for the establishment of an H5N1 vaccine global stockpile. "The H5N1 virus is currently circulating in so ...

read more Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group, announced yesterday its commitment to donate 60 million doses of H5N1 vaccine to the World Health Organization (WHO) over 3 years for the establishment of an H5N1 vaccine global stockpile. read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

No High Risk Avian Influenza Viruses Found In Canada's Wild Birds

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
The Government of Canada is committed to preventing the introduction of avian influenza in Canada's domestic poultry flocks. Canada's 2007 Interagency Wild Bird Influenza Survey confirmed no findings of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Canada's wild bird population. ...

read more The Government of Canada is committed to preventing the introduction of avian influenza in Canada's domestic poultry flocks. Canada's 2007 Interagency Wild Bird Influenza Survey confirmed no findings of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Canada's wild bird population. read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

CDC Finds Some Bird Flu Strains Have Acquired Properties That Might Enhance Potential To Infect Humans

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released results of a study suggesting that some North American avian influenza A H7 virus strains have properties that might enhance their potential to infect humans as well as their potential to spread from human to human. The study was ...

read more The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released results of a study suggesting that some North American avian influenza A H7 virus strains have properties that might enhance their potential to infect humans as well as their potential to spread from human to human. The study was read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

H7 Bird Flu Increasing Potential To Infect And Spread Among Humans Reports CDC

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A type of avian flu that is common in birds and rarely caught by humans, the North American Avian H7 influenza virus, is acquiring transmission properties similar to human influenza, according to a new study by US researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), based in Atlant ...

read more A type of avian flu that is common in birds and rarely caught by humans, the North American Avian H7 influenza virus, is acquiring transmission properties similar to human influenza, according to a new study by US researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), based in Atlant read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

New England Journal Of Medicine Publishes Study Investigating Safety And Efficacy Of Baxter's Cell-Based Pandemic, Avian Flu Vaccine

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) announced publication in the June 12, 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) of data demonstrating Baxter's candidate avian influenza (H5N1) vaccine, CELVAPAN, met Phase I/II trial endpoints for safety and immunogenicity (generating a ...

read more Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) announced publication in the June 12, 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) of data demonstrating Baxter's candidate avian influenza (H5N1) vaccine, CELVAPAN, met Phase I/II trial endpoints for safety and immunogenicity (generating a read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

New Human H5N1 Bird Flu Vaccine From Baxter Shows Promise In Trial

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Results of a phase I and phase II trial on a new human vaccine against the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus that is made from cell culture instead of embryonated eggs (making it faster and cheaper to produce) show that it is safe and effective against a number of divergent strains. The experimental vacci ...

read more Results of a phase I and phase II trial on a new human vaccine against the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus that is made from cell culture instead of embryonated eggs (making it faster and cheaper to produce) show that it is safe and effective against a number of divergent strains. The experimental vacci read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

Biotech Experts Available To Discuss The Critical Role Of Vaccine Adjuvants In Treating Pandemic Bird Flu

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
The likelihood of an influenza pandemic caused by an avian influenza (Bird Flu) virus is an increasing concern to the World Health Organization (WHO) and others. Recent breakthroughs on promising cell-based vaccines are encouraging, but manufacturing, stockpiling and distributing enough vaccine to t ...

read more The likelihood of an influenza pandemic caused by an avian influenza (Bird Flu) virus is an increasing concern to the World Health Organization (WHO) and others. Recent breakthroughs on promising cell-based vaccines are encouraging, but manufacturing, stockpiling and distributing enough vaccine to t read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

New Study Demonstrates That Lack Of Pandemic Planning Will Affect Bottom Line

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
The Schulich School of Business released the first study to assess the impact of an influenza pandemic on individual companies. Presented today at the World Conference on Disaster Management, the study - Making a case for investing in pandemic preparedness - focuses on how companies can just ...

read more The Schulich School of Business released the first study to assess the impact of an influenza pandemic on individual companies. Presented today at the World Conference on Disaster Management, the study - Making a case for investing in pandemic preparedness - focuses on how companies can just read more Thu Jun 2008 Thu Jun 2008

Bird Flu Human Deaths Confirmed, Pakistan

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
H5N1 Bird flu (avian flu) did kill some family members in Peshawar, north-west Pakistan last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed after carrying out tests at its WHO H5 Reference Laboratory in Cairo, Egypt, and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza i ...

read more H5N1 Bird flu (avian flu) did kill some family members in Peshawar, north-west Pakistan last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed after carrying out tests at its WHO H5 Reference Laboratory in Cairo, Egypt, and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza i read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Arbor Vita Rapid H5N1 Flu Diagnostic Presented At ICEID Meeting

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Preliminary research from the Department of Respiratory Disease Research at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) suggests that a rapid antigen assay test developed by Arbor Vita Corporation (AVC) shows promise as a useful diagnostic for the detection of the avian influenza virus in humans. Resea ...

read more Preliminary research from the Department of Respiratory Disease Research at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) suggests that a rapid antigen assay test developed by Arbor Vita Corporation (AVC) shows promise as a useful diagnostic for the detection of the avian influenza virus in humans. Resea read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Ducks And Rice Play Key Role In Avian Influenza Outbreaks

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Ducks, people and rice paddies - rather than chickens - are the major factors behind outbreaks of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Thailand and Viet Nam, and are probably behind outbreak persistence in other countries of the region such as Cambodia and Lao PDR. ...

read more Ducks, people and rice paddies - rather than chickens - are the major factors behind outbreaks of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Thailand and Viet Nam, and are probably behind outbreak persistence in other countries of the region such as Cambodia and Lao PDR. read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Study Finds Single Dose Of Iomai Patch With Pandemic Flu Vaccine Achieves Protective Levels

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Iomai Corporation (Nasdaq: IOMI) announced positive interim results from the 500-subject Phase 1/2 trial of its immunostimulant adjuvant patch used with an injected vaccine for H5N1 influenza. The trial met a key endpoint, demonstrating a clinically relevant adjuvant effect when the Iomai patch was ...

read more Iomai Corporation (Nasdaq: IOMI) announced positive interim results from the 500-subject Phase 1/2 trial of its immunostimulant adjuvant patch used with an injected vaccine for H5N1 influenza. The trial met a key endpoint, demonstrating a clinically relevant adjuvant effect when the Iomai patch was read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

New Human Bird Flu Case In Viet Nam

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
The Ministry of Health in Viet Nam has confirmed a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. The case has been confirmed by the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE). The case is an 11 -year old male from Thanh Liem district, Ha Nam province. He developed symptoms on 4 Mar ...

read more The Ministry of Health in Viet Nam has confirmed a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. The case has been confirmed by the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE). The case is an 11 -year old male from Thanh Liem district, Ha Nam province. He developed symptoms on 4 Mar read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

Solving An Avian Scourge Could Also Provide Benefits To Human Health

Categorie : Bird Flu / Avian Flu
The old adage 'a bird in hand is worth two in the bush' may very well apply to a new vaccine project underway in the lab of ASU School of Life Sciences Professor Roy Curtiss, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at the Biodesign Institute.There, associate research scientist ...

read more The old adage 'a bird in hand is worth two in the bush' may very well apply to a new vaccine project underway in the lab of ASU School of Life Sciences Professor Roy Curtiss, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at the Biodesign Institute.There, associate research scientist read more Sat Apr 2008 Sat Apr 2008

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