Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

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NEWS SCAN: Endangered public health funding, MRSA in kids, Tdap safety in seniors, Haiti cholera plan, injection infection prevention

Nov 29, 2012

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: US flu activity picks up, WHO changes reporting of H5N1 cases

Nov 21, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Fungal meningitis, E coli and cardiac events, daycare reptile rules, BSE agent in saliva, H5N1 in Bangladesh, new US malaria center

Nov 20, 2012

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: H5N1 dual-use workshop, H5N1 strains in Egypt

Nov 19, 2012

 

FAO sees signs of decline in H5N1 outbreaks

(CIDRAP News) – The number of reported H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks in poultry and wild birds has decreased since mid 2011 and was down sharply in the second quarter of this year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a quarterly update on the ongoing situation.

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FDA panel endorses H5N1 vaccine with adjuvant

(CIDRAP News) – A government advisory committee yesterday endorsed the safety and immunogenicity of an adjuvant-containing H5N1 influenza vaccine proposed for inclusion in the US pandemic emergency stockpile, signaling that it could become the first adjuvanted flu vaccine to win approval in the United States.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Australian H7 outbreak, more West Nile cases, Ebola in Uganda, repeat Lyme infections

Nov 15, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: DNA tracking of MRSA, H5N1 practices in Egypt, controlled malaria infections, global polio drop

Nov 14, 2012

 

CDC profiles wide range of global flu activities

(CIDRAP News) – An annual report released yesterday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) profiles a wide range of CDC influenza-related projects around the world, from flu surveillance in Indonesia to vaccine effectiveness studies in El Salvador and epidemiology training in Ghana.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Anthrax vaccine contract, live-poultry outbreak over, H5N1 in India, Marburg in Uganda, fungal meningitis update

Oct 30, 2012

 

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