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Oct 10
New Item WHO: Mystery fever killed three in South Africa

New Item APIC seeks mandate for flu shots in health workers

New Item Germany reports new H5N1 outbreak

Oct 9
New Item Businesses urged to avoid pandemic planning pitfalls

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

Oct 8
New Item Wildlife group lists diseases that global warming may spur

New Item Two firms win NIAID support for Ebola-Marburg vaccines

Oct 7
New Item Bacterial coinfections boosting child flu deaths

New Item Frozen breaded chicken entrees linked to multistate Salmonella outbreak

New Item CDC funds research on public health preparedness

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

New Item Trial offers hope for shortening anthrax-shot series

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

Oct 2
New Item To blunt anthrax attack, mail carriers to get antibiotics

New Item WHO seeks to ease worry over upcoming flu season

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

Oct 1
New Item FDA approves CDC's new rapid flu test

New Item FDA awards $5.2 million for food and feed safety projects

Sep 30
New Item Public health groups report emergency preparedness gains

Sep 29
New Item Researchers link home foreclosures to West Nile virus outbreaks

Sep 26
New Item Flu shots for small children slow to catch on

New Item Emergent garners $29 million for new anthrax vaccine

Sep 25
New Item HHS Web seminar touts personal pandemic preparedness

New Item CDC awards funds for new pandemic planning approaches

Sep 24
New Item CDC expects plentiful, on-target flu vaccine

New Item Indonesia reports H5N1 decline in poultry flocks

Sep 23
New Item WHO keeps same strains for 2009 southern hemisphere flu vaccine

New Item US awards contracts in hunt for versatile biodefense drugs

Sep 22
New Item Report suggests refocusing US pandemic vaccine efforts

Sep 19
New Item Leahy doubts FBI in anthrax case; scientist admits error

Sep 18
New Item CDC airs results for new public health 'no fly' list

New Item Study: Flu shots in pregnant women benefit newborns

Sep 17
New Item Togo confirms H5N1 caused poultry outbreak

New Item Produce company initiative yields new findings on E coli

New Item E coli O111 outbreak apparently over

Sep 16
New Item FBI seeks independent review of anthrax probe

Sep 15
New Item Oklahoma E coli outbreak grows to 291 cases

Sep 12
New Item Study: Hong Kong gained little from flu-related school closure

New Item FDA adds 104 staffers to food safety branch

      
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Promising Practices


Find more than 150 peer-reviewed practices from 25 states and 37 cities and counties aimed at furthering pandemic preparedness in public health and allied fields here.
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New Item FDA launches food defense awareness training kit for employees in the food industry
Oct 10 FDA news release

 
New Item Influenza immunization of healthcare personnel
APIC Position Paper released Oct 9

 
New Item Antigenically distinct MF59-adjuvanted vaccine to boost immunity to H5N1
Letter from Oct 9 N Engl J Med

 
New Item Insights into inflammation and influenza
From Oct 9 N Engl J Med

 
New Item Influenza vaccine effectiveness among children 6 to 59 months of age during 2 influenza seasons: a case-cohort study
From Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, published online Oct 7

 
New Item Molecular characterization of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses isolated in Sweden in 2006
From Virol J, published online Oct 6

 
New Item Prevention of influenza: recommendations for influenza immunization of children, 2008-2009
AAP policy statement published online Oct 1 in Pediatrics

 
New Item Replacement of sublineages of avian influenza (H5N1) by reassortments, sub-Saharan Africa
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Oct 1

 
New Item Effects of a reduced dose schedule and intramuscular administration of anthrax vaccine adsorbed on immunogenicity and safety at 7 months
From Oct 1 JAMA

 
New Item Influenza-associated pediatric mortality in the United States: increase of Staphylococcus aureus coinfection
From Pediatrics, published online Oct 1

 
New Item Influenza pandemic: HHS needs to continue its actions and finalize guidance for pharmaceutical interventions
GAO report released Sep 30

 
New Item Public health emergency preparedness: six years of achievement
Sep 29 document from ASTHO, APHL, CSTE, and NACCHO

 
New Item Antigenic and genetic characteristics of H5N1 viruses and candidate H5N1 vaccine viruses developed for potential use as human vaccines
WHO document updated Sep 29

 
New Item Avian influenza A (H5N1) and pandemic influenza
State Department fact sheet updated Sep 27

 
New Item Food safety: improvements needed in FDA oversight of fresh produce
GAO report released Sep 26

 
New Item Framework for leadership and training of Biosafety Level 4 laboratory workers
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Sep 25

 
New Item Pandemic influenza and excess intensive-care workload
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Sep 25

 
New Item Resource allocation during an influenza pandemic
Letter from Emerg Infect Dis, published online Sep 25

 
New Item Stockpiling prepandemic influenza vaccines: a new cornerstone of pandemic preparedness plans
From Lancet Infect Dis, published online Sep 22

 
New Item Preparing for the real storm during the calm: a comparison of the crisis preparation strategies for pandemic influenza in China and the US
From J Homeland Secur Emerg Manage, published online Sep 18

 
New Item Ethics and severe pandemic influenza: maintaining essential functions through a fair and considered response
From Biosecur Bioterr, published online Sep 17

 
New Item Influenza vaccines: research, development and public health challenges
Special issue of Vaccine, published online Sep 12

 
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