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May 12
New Item H5N1 plagues Seoul, causes outbreaks in other cities

May 9
New Item India, South Korea, Vietnam confirm H5N1 outbreaks

May 8
New Item Smallpox drug does well in first human safety test

May 7
New Item VaxGen sells anthrax vaccine to rival firm

May 6
New Item Pew report urges limiting antimicrobial use in animals

New Item WHO begins pandemic guidance update

May 5
New Item South Korea, Japan find more H5N1 in birds

New Item PROMISING PRACTICES FOR PANDEMIC PLANNING
North Carolina fosters preparedness with the touch of a finger

May 2
New Item Researchers find fast way to make human antibodies against flu

New Item Adenovirus-based H5N1 vaccine broadly protective in mice

May 1
New Item Federal officials air school-closure concerns

Apr 30
New Item Health group urges overhaul of US food safety system

Apr 29
New Item HHS adds H5N1 clade 2.2 vaccine to stockpile

New Item Toronto officials approve antivirals for city workers

New Item Indonesian boy dies of avian flu; Japan confirms H5N1 in swans

Apr 28
New Item Japan finds H5 virus in swans; India, Vietnam cite outbreaks

Apr 25
New Item IOM: US likely to need bigger antiviral stockpile

Apr 24
New Item FDA broadens BSE-related feed ban

Apr 23
New Item Indonesia denies seeking payment for virus samples

Apr 22
New Item HHS official reports on Southeast Asia issues

Apr 21
New Item South Korea raises H5N1 culling target to 5.3 million

New Item CDC reports vaccinia infections in lab workers

Apr 18
New Item HHS names chief for biodefense research agency

New Item Boy's illness raises Egypt's H5N1 count to 50

Apr 17
New Item South Korea raises H5N1 alert as outbreak reports rise

New Item CDC: Imperfect flu vaccine was of help in tough season

New Item HHS secretary blogs on impasse with Indonesia

Apr 16
New Item Study: New seasonal flu strains launch from Asia

New Item Guidance offered for protecting vulnerable groups in flu pandemic

Apr 15
New Item Japan set to begin prepandemic vaccination

Apr 14
New Item Salmonella-tainted cereal sickens 21 in 13 states

New Item H5N1 strikes poultry in South Korea, Russia

Apr 11
New Item Egypt reports another H5N1 death

New Item Salmonella-tainted city water also had parasites

New Item USDA gets feedback on proposals to control E coli

Apr 10
New Item Foodborne disease rates changed little in 2007

Apr 9
New Item Chinese man probably caught H5N1 from son

New Item Flu vaccination still a challenge for hospitals

Apr 8
New Item DoD funds development of anthrax vaccine patch

Apr 7
New Item WHO says climate change will spur diseases

New Item India, South Korea, China report H5N1 outbreaks

New Item 19-year-old Egyptian dies of avian flu

Apr 4
New Item US flu activity continues late-season decline

New Item Brazilian officials respond to rising dengue toll

New Item H5N1 resurfaces in South Korean poultry

Apr 3
New Item Two more H5N1 cases from Pakistan cluster verified

New Item China approves its first H5N1 vaccine

Apr 2
New Item CDC funding varies widely by state, report says

Apr 1
New Item USDA names chicken plants with Salmonella problems

New Item FDA seeks comments on food safety plan

      
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At-Risk Populations draft guidance available

Review and comment on the At-Risk Populations Project draft national guidance. Read more about this unique collaboration, which aims to help the most vulnerable people in America during an influenza pandemic, here.

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New Item Definitive Care for the Critically Ill During a Disaster
Special supplement to Chest, published online May 6

 
New Item Summary of suggestions from the Task Force for Mass Critical Care Summit, January 26-27, 2007
Executive summary of above Chest supplement

 
New Item A novel approach to improve influenza vaccination rates among health care professionals: a prospective randomized controlled trial
From May Am J Infect Control

 
New Item Fixing food safety: protecting America's food supply from farm-to-fork
Report from Trust for America's Health released Apr 30

 
New Item Putting meat on the table: industrial farm animal production in America
Apr 29 report from Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production

 
New Item Pandemic influenza: agriculture planning toolkit
Document from Florida Dept of Agriculture & Consumer Services released Apr 28

 
New Item Antivirals for pandemic influenza: guidance on developing a distribution and dispensing program
IOM report released Apr 25

 
New Item Human infection with highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus
From Apr 25 Lancet

 
New Item Estimating the costs of school closure for mitigating an influenza pandemic
From BMC Public Health, published online Apr 24

 
New Item The global circulation of seasonal influenza A (H3N2) viruses
From Apr 18 Science

 
New Item Interim within-season estimate of the effectiveness of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine--Marshfield, Wisconsin, 2007-08 influenza season
From Apr 18 MMWR

 
New Item Update: influenza activity--United States, September 30, 2007-April 5, 2008, and composition of the 2008-09 influenza vaccine
From Apr 18 MMWR

 
New Item Laboratory-acquired vaccinia exposures and infections--United States, 2005-2007
From Apr 18 MMWR

 
New Item The genomic and epidemiological dynamics of influenza A
From Nature, published online Apr 16

 
New Item Confronting an influenza pandemic with inexpensive generic agents: can it be done?
From Lancet Infect Dis, published online Apr 16

 
New Item Mathematical assessment of Canada's pandemic influenza preparedness plan
From Mar/Apr Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol

 
New Item Combinatorial antibody libraries from survivors of the Turkish H5N1 avian influenza outbreak reveal virus neutralization strategies
From Proc Natl Acad Sci, published online Apr 14

 
New Item Preliminary FoodNet data on the incidence of infection with pathogens transmitted commonly through food--10 states, 2007
From Apr 11 MMWR

 
New Item Pandemic influenza, worker absenteeism and impacts on freight transportation
From Proc 41st Hawaii Intl Conf Syst Sci, published online Apr 9

 
New Item Understanding avian influenza
FAO overview released Apr 7

 
New Item Probable limited person-to-person transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in China
From Lancet, published online Apr 8

 
New Item Major issues and challenges of influenza pandemic preparedness in developing countries
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Apr 3

 
New Item What not to say: risk communication for botulism
From Mar Biosecur Bioterror

 
New Item An evaluation of the role and effectiveness of institutional biosafety committees in providing oversight and security at biocontainment laboratories
From Mar Biosecur Bioterror

 
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