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INFLUENZA >> 
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Pandemic Influenza  
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Latest News  

Feb 10
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 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

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

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

New Item Experts continue to clash over NSABB recommendation

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

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

New Item HHS issues medical surge guidance for healthcare systems

Jan 24
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 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

Jan 19
New Item Review renews questions about oseltamivir benefits

New Item NEWS SCAN: New NBSB members, lessons from measles outbreak, poor-quality malaria drugs

Jan 17
New Item WHO to lead talks on controversial H5N1 studies

Jan 13
New Item Researchers air new theories about 1918 flu mortality

Jan 11
New Item NEWS SCAN: Dual-use research, H1N1 burden, pathogens in imported wildlife, funds for Pandemrix narcolepsy patients, H5N1 in Pakistan

Jan 9
New Item NEWS SCAN: NY Times critiques H5N1 studies, H5N1 in India, totally drug-resistant TB, flu and cancer

Dec 20
New Item US government urges journals to omit details of two H5N1 studies

New Item Preparedness report card spells out programs at risk for cuts

Dec 15
New Item Study suggests statins reduce deaths in severe flu infections

New Item GAO report, executive rule target drug shortages

Dec 13
New Item Novartis says cell-based flu vaccine facility ready to produce

Dec 8
New Item NEWS SCAN: EU rule on pandemic vaccines, shorter regimen for latent TB, skewed infection-control efforts, gastroenteritis outbreak

Dec 7
New Item New clinical research consortium to tackle pandemic threats

Nov 17
New Item H5N1 transmission experiment stirs concern

Nov 10
New Item UK unveils tiered flu pandemic plan

New Item NEWS SCAN: Emergency alert aftermath, polio hot spots, cholera in Haiti, more vaccine-autism debate

Oct 6
New Item BARDA: Many biodefense products to mature within 5 years

Oct 4
New Item NEWS SCAN: Prime-boost vaccination for H5N1, public health squeezed, unvaccinated students barred

      
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New Item Facing up to flu
Editorial from Feb 9 Nature

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

 
New Item Adaptations of avian flu virus are a cause for concern
NSABB Jan 31 statement in Nature (also published in Science)

 
New Item Revisiting influenza deaths estimates--learning from the H1N1 pandemic
Commentary from Feb 1 Eur J Public Health

 
New Item National guidance for healthcare system preparedness
HHS January report

 
New Item National strategy for global supply chain security
DHS report released Jan 25

 
New Item H5N1: Flu transmission work is urgent
Commentary from Nature, published online Jan 25

 
New Item Facemasks, hand hygiene, and influenza among young adults: a randomized intervention trial
From Jan 25 PLoS ONE

 
New Item H5N1 influenza viruses: facts, not fear
Commentary from Proc Natl Acad Sci, published online Jan 25

 
New Item The anticipated severity of a "1918-like" influenza pandemic in contemporary populations: the contribution of antibacterial interventions
From Jan 23 PLoS ONE

 
New Item Life sciences at a crossroads: respiratory transmissible H5N1
Commentary in Science, published online Jan 19

 
New Item Restricted data on influenza H5N1 virus transmission
Commentary in Science, published online Jan 19

 
New Item H5N1 debates: hung up on the wrong questions
Commentary in Science, published online Jan 19

 
New Item The limits of government regulation of science
Commentary in Science, published online Jan 19

 
New Item The El Nino-southern oscillation (ENSO)-pandemic influenza connection: coincident or causal?
From Proc Natl Acad Sci, published online Jan 17

 
New Item Pathogenic responses among young adults during the 1918 influenza pandemic
Perspective from Emerg Infect Dis, published online Jan 11

 
New Item 1918 Influenza, a puzzle with missing pieces
Commentary on above article from Emerg Infect Dis, published online Jan 11

 
New Item Epidemiological isolation causing variable mortality in island populations during the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic
From Influenza Other Respi Viruses, published online Jan 6

 
New Item Changing perceptions: of pandemic influenza and public health responses
From Jan Am J Public Health

 
New Item The 1918-19 influenza pandemic in Boyaca, Colombia
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Dec 28, 2011

 
New Item Differential mortality rates by ethnicity in 3 influenza pandemics over a century, New Zealand
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Dec 28, 2011

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

 

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