No major threat seen, but pets can get flu, too
Athens Banner-Herald - Fri Nov 13, 12:22 am ETWhen word spread in 2005 that cats could catch avian flu, pet owners needlessly panicked.
Bird Flu
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Health Expert: How to Track and Fight Swine Flu
US News & World Report - Fri Oct 23, 1:07 pm ETJon Andrus of the Pan American Health Organization talks about the H1N1 virus.
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UCD Launches Disease-Control Effort
KCRA 3 Sacramento - Fri Oct 23, 1:50 pm ETUniversity of California, Davis, on Friday launched an international effort to find and control diseases that move between wildlife and people in hopes of preventing the next global pandemic and millions of possible deaths.
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H1N1 Vaccine Headed for Utah
KUTV Salt Lake City - Fri Oct 23, 1:38 pm ETThe H1N1 Vaccine could arrive in Utah in the early part of October. In Salt Lake County, it will likely be administered in Schools.
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UC Davis Leads Attack on Deadly New Diseases
UC Davis News & Information - Fri Oct 23, 11:53 am ETIn hopes of preventing the next global pandemic and a possible death toll into the millions, UC Davis today launches an unprecedented international effort to find and control diseases that move between wildlife and people. The global early warning system, named PREDICT, will be developed with funding of up to $75 million over five years and is one of five new initiatives of the U.S. Agency for ...
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Novartis net flat; vaccines, charges limit growth
Market Watch - Thu Oct 22, 4:40 am ETSwiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis' third-quarter profit is virtually unchanged, as growing sales of cancer and hypertension medications offset charges and declining vaccine sales.
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USAID Launches Emerging Pandemic Threats Program
Christian News Wire - Thu Oct 22, 9:56 am ETWASHINGTON, Oct. 22 / Standard Newswire / -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is launching an Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) program that builds on the successes of the Agency's long-standing programs in disease surveillance, training, and outbreak response, particularly those addressing avian and pandemic influenza.
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A healthy market for vaccines
The Morning Call - Thu Oct 22, 7:06 am ETDrugmakers show more interest; supplies likely to grow as threat of pandemics increases Vaccine shortages, commonplace a few years ago, soon may be a thing of the past.
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iJET Issues Pandemic Preparedness Advisory and Advice
PitchEngine - Thu Oct 22, 8:55 am ETANNAPOLIS, MD. iJET Intelligent Risk Systems, a leading provider of global intelligence and business resiliency services, today issued an advisory recommending that companies examine and activate pandemic preparedness plans in advance of what the intelligence firm forecasts will be a severe 2009-2010 flu season augmented by the ongoing H1N1 2009 virus pandemic. iJETs predictive intelligence...
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Sinovac Receives Certificate of Approval to Distribute PANFLU.1 (H1N1) in Mexico
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Oct 22, 9:30 am ETSinovac Biotech Ltd. , a leading developer and provider of vaccines in China, today announced that it has received a Certificate of Approval from the Secretaria de Salud to distribute PANFLU.1, its H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine, in Mexico.
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Board member makes case for open bidding
Tri-Town News - Wed Oct 21, 9:00 pm ETThe reappointment of the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education's longtime auditor was contested by a board member at a recent meeting. Board member Timothy O'Brien opposed the selection of Robert Hulsart as auditor for the 2010-11 school year at an Oct. 7 board meeting.
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GLOBAL: State of world's vaccines and immunization
IRIN - Wed Oct 21, 11:30 am ETDAKAR, 21 October 2009 (IRIN) - Yellow fever is a ticking time bomb, while measles has been eliminated three years ahead of schedule in parts of Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. These are among the highlights of the most recent World Health Organization (WHO) report, State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization:
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Myrna Sokolinsky: Don't build animal research lab on campus
The Capital Times - Sun Oct 18, 6:09 am ETDear Editor: An animal biosafety laboratory for the purpose of studying bird flu and other highly infectious diseases will be built by the University of Wisconsin-Madison two blocks east of Camp Randall Stadium.
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Aethlon Medical Releases Medical Device Data Against the H1N1 Swine Flu Virus
redOrbit - Tue Oct 20, 2:08 pm ETSAN DIEGO, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AEMD) announced today that research studies have documented the Aethlon Hemopurifier® is effective in capturing the current pandemic strain of the H1N1 Swine Flu Virus.
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County, state draft worst-case H1N1 scenario
The News Herald - Tue Oct 20, 11:40 pm ETPANAMA CITY — A draft document that would guide state hospitals in the event of a “pandemic influenza or other health emergency” has received input from officials with the Bay County Health Department. The draft was released earlier than...
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German government to host flu database
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy - Tue Oct 20, 6:49 pm ETOct 20, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – The German Ministry of Food, Agriculture & Consumer Protection (BMELV) today announced that it has agreed to host the influenza gene sequence database of the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID), putting its future on a more solid footing as the world enters the second wave of the H1N1 flu pandemic.
WHO: Avian Influenza Updates
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Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 23
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Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO
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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
