Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

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NEWS SCAN: H1N1 and lung bleeding, more Pakistan polio workers killed, avian flu in pigs, TB drug shortage

Dec 20, 2012

 

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

Dec 18, 2012

 

Experts at NIH meeting say H5N1 research moratorium may end soon

(CIDRAP News) – As a meeting to discuss issues related to federally funded H5N1 avian influenza research wrapped up today, experts anticipated that a voluntary moratorium on work with lab-modified strains that have increased transmissibility might end soon and said they sensed agreement about lab biosecurity levels.

Lisa Schnirring
 

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
 

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

 

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

 

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