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NEWS SCAN: H7N3 in Mexico, global flu activity, synthetic FMD vaccine

Apr 2, 2013

 

China reports three H7N9 infections, two fatal

(CIDRAP News) – Chinese health officials yesterday announced three severe respiratory infections, two of them fatal, from H7N9 influenza, a subtype that has not been known to infect humans before.

Lisa Schnirring
 

Scientists seek ethics review of H5N1 gain-of-function research

(CIDRAP News) – A group of scientists acting under the aegis of a vaccine research advocacy organization has asked President Obama's bioethics committee to evaluate the ethics of experiments designed to increase the transmissibility of H5N1 avian influenza viruses.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Gain-of-function debate, planned flu vaccine plant, hospital-onset C diff, polio in Pakistan

Mar 27, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: Pandemrix and narcolepsy in Sweden, H5N1 vaccine, fungal infections, food outbreaks, urinary tract infections

Mar 26, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Egypt, H7N3 in Mexico, research funding, experts call for shift in TB battle

Mar 25, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: Avian flu in Cambodia and Bangladesh, measles-rubella vaccine drive, bagpipe fungal infection

Mar 12, 2013

 

NEWS SCAN: UK antibiotic-resistance warning, C difficile survey, more fungal infections, H5N1 in India, polio in Pakistan

Mar 11, 2013

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Vietnam, avian flu study in Alaska

Mar 6, 2013

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Human H5N1 vaccination in Taiwan, FAO inks China lab collaboration

Mar 4, 2013

 

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