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ImmuneRegen BioSciences(R) Reports Positive Results of Homspera(R) in Treating Highly Pathogenic Influenza

Marketwire - Tue Nov 10, 8:00 am ET

SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(Marketwire - 11/10/09) - ImmuneRegen BioSciences Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IR Biosciences Holdings Inc. (OTC.BB: IRBS - News ), today announced positive results from a study that evaluated its lead anti-Influenza drug, Homspera. The study in animals infected with H5N1 (or "Avian") Influenza virus , which is highly lethal to humans and animals, revealed that Homspera ...

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Shattering Myths About Squalene in Vaccines
Wired News - Fri Oct 30, 7:40 pm ET
Fears about the adjuvant squalene and myths about its link to Gulf War Syndrome have kept some from getting their H1N1 vaccines. But the real truth is the substance is simply not present in any vaccine administered in the United States.
Swine Flu Spurring $3.6 Billion Cough-Remedy Sales, Mintel Says
Bloomberg - Fri Oct 30, 8:28 am ET
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Americans will increase spending on cold, cough and throat remedies to $3.6 billion this year as the pandemic spurs demand for influenza relief, according to Mintel International Group Ltd.
Sanofi-aventis Delivers a Solid Performance in Third Quarter 2009
redOrbit - Fri Oct 30, 11:08 am ET
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Oct.
H1N1 session raises questions
Santa Rosa Press Gazette - Fri Oct 30, 6:05 pm ET
Dr. Issa Ephtimios, a specialist in infectious diseases at the Center for Prevention and Treatment of Infection in Pensacola came to PJC on Tuesday to give a speech that was much needed at the college campus’ Student Center. His topic—H1N1, and...
Pandemic preparation faulted
Omaha World-Herald - Wed Oct 28, 1:57 am ET
Lawmakers say the government expected bird flu, not H1N1.
Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
EurekAlert! - Fri Oct 23, 1:06 pm ET
( American Society for Microbiology ) The following are tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology: "Genes May Determine Susceptibility to H5N1 Avian Influenza A Virus Infection"; "Cigarette Smoke May Impair Lungs Natural Defense Against Harmful Pathogen"; and "T-Cell Vaccine Reduces Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Levels in Semen of Monkeys During Primary Infection."
Pulse of The People: Oct. 30
The Troy Record - Fri Oct 30, 2:23 am ET
Debate on vaccine rages on
Triple-combo Drug Shows Promise Against Antiviral-resistant H1N1
Science Daily - Thu Oct 29, 12:19 pm ET
An experimental drug cocktail that includes three prescriptions now widely available offers the best hope in developing a single agent to treat drug-resistant H1N1 swine flu, says a virology researcher.
Poultry Producers Applaud Bill
Georgia Public Broadcasting - Mon Oct 26, 2:25 pm ET
Georgia poultry producers are applauding a just signed agriculture bill that allows China to import cooked chicken into the United States. Two years ago Congress blocked funding for United States Department of Agriculture poultry inspections in China amid fears of avian flu spreading through...
Eating animals is making us sick
CNN - Wed Oct 28, 9:12 am ET
Like most people, I'd given some thought to what meat actually is, but until I became a father and faced the prospect of having to make food choices on someone else's behalf, there was no urgency to get to the bottom of things.
How humans started a bacterial pandemic in chickens [Not Exactly Rocket Science]
ScienceBlogs - Mon Oct 26, 6:32 pm ET
The prospect of infections spreading from animals to humans has become all too real with the onset of the current swine flu pandemic, and the threat of a bird flu still looming. But infections can jump the other way too. Decades before the world's media were gripped with panic over bird flu, humans transferred a disease to chickens and it has since caused a poultry pandemic right under our noses ...
Pandemic 2009 Influenza Update: Pandemrix Data In An Elderly Population
BioresearchOnline - Thu Oct 29, 2:30 am ET
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) recently announced that this week, approximately half a million people will have received its pandemic H1N1 vaccine, Pandemrix, as part of Government initiated vaccination programmes across Europe, which commenced earlier this month.
Ginny Sloan: Swine Flu: A Danger to Your Rights as Well as Your Health?
The Huffington Post - Wed Oct 28, 8:40 pm ET
Earlier today, the Constitution Project and the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security brought together a group of expert panelists at the...
Some firms seen lagging on H1N1 flu preparations
Business Insurance - Sun Oct 25, 2:52 pm ET
Employers' preparedness for an H1N1 flu pandemic this year varies widely. There are well-prepared firms with detailed plans in place, some of which are updated versions of plans developed in response to the avian flu scare in 2005; others, however, are just starting to think about it, observers say.
Bob Cesca: We Can't Reform Health Care without Reforming Food
The Huffington Post - Wed Oct 28, 6:26 pm ET
Without any real changes in how our food is produced, the health care system will continue to bloat and fall apart. Not unlike the insides of an average American body.

WHO: Avian Influenza Updates

Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 23
Thu Sep 24, 6:00 am EDT
Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO
Thu Sep 24, 3:00 am EDT
Proposals to finalize remaining elements of the “Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework for sharing influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits”
Fri Sep 18, 9:37 am EDT

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ImmuneRegen BioSciences(R) Reports Positive Results of Homspera(R) in Treating Highly Pathogenic Influenza

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Shattering Myths About Squalene in Vaccines

Swine Flu Spurring $3.6 Billion Cough-Remedy Sales, Mintel Says

Sanofi-aventis Delivers a Solid Performance in Third Quarter 2009

H1N1 session raises questions

Pandemic preparation faulted

Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology

Pulse of The People: Oct. 30

Triple-combo Drug Shows Promise Against Antiviral-resistant H1N1

Poultry Producers Applaud Bill

Eating animals is making us sick

How humans started a bacterial pandemic in chickens [Not Exactly Rocket Science]

Pandemic 2009 Influenza Update: Pandemrix Data In An Elderly Population

Ginny Sloan: Swine Flu: A Danger to Your Rights as Well as Your Health?

Some firms seen lagging on H1N1 flu preparations

Bob Cesca: We Can't Reform Health Care without Reforming Food

WHO: Avian Influenza Updates

Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 23

Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO

Proposals to finalize remaining elements of the “Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework for sharing influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits”

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