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FLU NEWS SCAN: WHO confirms 2 H5N1 cases, H5N1 lab-worker vaccination, call for better flu vaccines

Dec 18, 2012

 

With more surveillance, flu patterns in Africa begin to emerge

(CIDRAP News) – Increased surveillance in recent years has begun to fill in some of the huge information gaps regarding influenza in Africa, which should eventually make it possible to develop or improve public health interventions, according to a big collection of articles published recently in the Journal of Infectious Diseases (JID).

Robert Roos
 

FLU NEWS SCAN: H5N1 death in Indonesia, FDA approves GSK's quadrivalent flu vaccine

Dec 17, 2012

 

H5N1 researchers question proposed HHS funding framework

(CIDRAP News) – Federal health officials are in the midst of crafting a framework for funding H5N1 avian influenza gain-of-function studies, and today at a workshop they heard varied feedback from researchers, biosecurity experts, and others.

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: FDA approves raxibacumab for anthrax, influenza B with reduced susceptibility, H5N1 drift in Egypt

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Indonesian H5N1 clade, evolution of H3N2 binding

 

NEWS SCAN: Avian flu in Russia, drug-resistant hospital infections, tainted antiseptics, emergency response in Africa

Dec 5, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 research-funding rules, more steroid fungal infections, Salmonella outbreak winds down, food irradiation

Dec 3, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Tamiflu benefits, pertussis surge in UK, change in meningitis reporting, Uganda Ebola update, persistent hospital bug

 

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

Nov 29, 2012

 

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