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Feb 13
New Item NEWS SCAN: Late flu season start, airliner flu scare, H5N1 outbreaks, Campylobacter cases, HFMD in Alabama

Feb 10
New Item Flu activity gaining steadily in US, Europe

New Item NEWS SCAN: Narrow focus for WHO H5N1 meeting, pandemic impact in Europe, pandemic vaccine safety, vaccine-linked narcolepsy, polio vaccine fears in Japan

Feb 9
New Item Undetected H5N1 cases seem few, but questions persist

New Item NEWS SCAN: Non-O157 E coli ban delayed, botulism outbreak detection, untreatable gonorrhea, C diff and antacids, measles in Indiana

New Item FLU NEWS SCAN: Procrastination on research oversight, pandemic ethics, H5N1 in Vietnam

Feb 8
New Item Experts: Dual-use H5N1 studies may not hasten pandemic response

New Item NVAC approves recommendations on health worker flu vaccination

New Item NEWS SCAN: Anthrax cleanup cost, susceptibility to anthrax toxin, C diff tracking

New Item FLU NEWS SCAN: WHO dual-use meeting, H5N1 death in Vietnam, CDC's antiviral advice

Feb 7
New Item Federal advisors propose steps to boost health worker flu vaccination

New Item FLU NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in India, avian flu and migration, spring vs fall H1N1 wave, school closure and H1N1

New Item FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: More raw milk Campylobacter cases, missed FSMA deadlines, EHEC genome clues

Feb 6
New Item Nepal, Vietnam, and India find more H5N1 in poultry

New Item NEWS SCAN: Febrile convulsions and flu-like illness, MDR-TB surveillance

Feb 3
New Item Live debate airs major divisions in H5N1 research battle

New Item Flu continues late-season Northern Hemisphere push

New Item NEWS SCAN: Raw milk Campylobacter outbreak, malaria deaths. yellow fever in Africa, chikungunya diagnosis, cell-based flu vaccine

Feb 2
New Item NBSB starts work on new medical countermeasure review

New Item NEWS SCAN: Turtle-borne Salmonella, raw milk outbreak, hospital pathogens, guinea pigs as flu B models, Lyme map

Feb 1
New Item Study finds influenza B may be more severe than thought

New Item NEWS SCAN: Anthrax scare in Pakistan, adenovirus vaccination in military, TB vaccine support

New Item FLU NEWS SCAN: H5N1 death in Vietnam, H5N1 research advisory

New Item FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: Salmonella in ground beef, food safety plan support

Jan 31
New Item NSABB: Studies show how H5N1 can jump natural barrier

New Item Experts continue to clash over NSABB recommendation

New Item NEWS SCAN: Stalk-specific pH1N1 antibodies, broad-spectrum flu vaccines, hospital norovirus factors, polio efforts in Pakistan

Jan 30
New Item Battle over H5N1 research continues in media, journals

New Item NEWS SCAN: Campylobacter linked to raw milk, ground beef consumption, ESBL E coli exposure, H5N1 in India

Jan 27
New Item Study suggests older adults may have little defense against swine H3N2 viruses

New Item Flu season shows signs of life in US, EU

New Item NEWS SCAN: H5N1 invasion of CNS, low-path H5 in Australia, viral co-evolution, E coli O104 in Turkey

Jan 26
New Item NEWS SCAN: H5N1 efforts in Egypt, H5N1 vaccine in Indonesia, non-drug flu interventions, Gates' Global Fund donation

Jan 25
New Item Virus in one controversial H5N1 study wasn't lethal

New Item HHS issues medical surge guidance for healthcare systems

New Item NEWS SCAN: BARDA broad-spectrum antibiotic contract, PFCs and immune response, Listeria at salmon plant

Jan 24
New Item WHO says 40% of population at risk for dengue fever

New Item NEWS SCAN: 'Downer' law overturned, California pertussis progress

New Item FLU NEWS SCAN: H1N1 and young adults' response, severe H1N1 cases, care standards for disasters

Jan 23
New Item Experts debate aspects of H5N1 transmission studies

New Item China reports another H5N1 death

New Item NEWS SCAN: WHO meeting on H5N1 studies, H1N1 surge in Mexico, E coli research, MRSA in pork

Jan 20
New Item Researchers announce pause in controversial H5N1 studies

New Item US virologists ask NSABB to reconsider H5N1 decision

New Item USDA: Poultry inspection shift will boost safety, save money

New Item NEWS SCAN: Salmonella in Mexican food and in tomatoes, anti-infective shortages

New Item FLU NEWS SCAN: Flu pace builds, GBS after vaccination

      
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MCEIRS Avian Influenza Training


Avian Influenza: The Basics covers how avian flu viruses evolve, adapt, and spread, in both animals and humans. Visit the MCEIRS training portal for series on pH1N1 2009 Influenza, Avian Influenza, and General Influenza. More...

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New Item The community impact of the 2009 influenza pandemic in the WHO European region: a comparison with historical seasonal data from 28 countries
 
New Item Facing up to flu
Editorial from Feb 9 Nature

 
New Item Investigating the effect of high spring incidence of pandemic influenza A(H1N1) on early autumn incidence
From Epidemiol Infect, published online Feb 7

 
New Item Genomic epidemiology of the Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreaks in Europe, 2011
From Proc Natl Acad Sci, published online Feb 6

 
New Item Presence of avian influenza viruses in waterfowl and wetlands during summer 2010 in California: are resident birds a potential reservoir?
 
New Item Outbreak of salmonellosis associated with pet turtle exposures--United States, 2011
Feb 3 MMWR 'Notes from the field'

 
New Item Treatment of enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) infection and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
Commentary from Feb 2 BMC Med

 
New Item Outbreaks of virulent diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli--are we in control?
Commentary from Feb 2 BMC Med

 
New Item Efficiently transmissible engineered influenza A H5N1 viruses
PHAC biosafety advisory published Feb 1

 
New Item Influenza vaccination of healthcare workers in acute-care hospitals: a case-control study of its effect on hospital-acquired influenza among patients
From Feb 1 BMC Infect Dis

 
New Item Clinical features and risk factors for severe and critical pregnant women with 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza infection in China
 
New Item Adaptations of avian flu virus are a cause for concern
NSABB Jan 31 statement in Nature (also published in Science)

 
New Item Invasive pneumococcal disease and pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Denver, Colorado, USA
 
New Item Cross-reactive antibody to swine influenza A(H3N2) subtype virus in children and adults before and after immunization with 2010/11 trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in Canada, August to November 2010
From Jan 26 Euro Surveill

 
New Item Outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 among French tourists returning from Turkey, September 2011
 
New Item The role of facemasks and hand hygiene in the prevention of influenza transmission in households: results from a cluster randomized trial; Berlin, Germany, 2009-2011
From Jan 26 BMC Infect Dis

 
New Item Facemasks, hand hygiene, and influenza among young adults: a randomized intervention trial
 
New Item Public health management of antiviral drugs during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic: a survey of local health departments in California
 
New Item H5N1: Flu transmission work is urgent
Commentary from Nature, published online Jan 25

 
New Item Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risk assessments: DHS should establish more specific guidance for their use
 
New Item A new sentinel surveillance system for severe influenza in England shows a shift in age distribution of hospitalized cases in the post-pandemic period
From PLoS ONE, published Jan 23

 
New Item Life sciences at a crossroads: respiratory transmissible H5N1
Commentary in Science by Michael Osterholm and D. A. Henderson, published online Jan 19

 
New Item Restricted data on influenza H5N1 virus transmission
Commentary in Science by Ron Fouchier et al, published online Jan 19

 
New Item H5N1 debates: hung up on the wrong questions
Commentary in Science by Daniel R. Perez, published online Jan 19

 
New Item The limits of government regulation of science
Commentary in Science by John Kraemer and Lawrence Gostin, published online Jan 19

 
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