Visually mapping avian flu may help H1N1
UPI - Tue Nov 17, 3:48 pm ETCOLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers linked several powerful computer systems to analyze enormous amounts of genetic data on the H5N1 virus, also known as avian flu.
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Pets May Be Susceptible To H1N1 Flu
Free Internet Press - Thu Nov 5, 3:40 pm ETCanadians have been lining up across the country to get an H1N1 flu shot, but it may not be just themselves and their family members they have to worry about when it comes to contracting the virus.
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Sick Iowa Kitty Had Swine Flu
NPR - Wed Nov 4, 5:21 pm ETHealth officials have reported the first known case of the new H1N1 flu in a kitty that apparently caught it from some humans in the house.
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Swine Flu Stew
GOOD - Thu Nov 5, 11:01 am ETCan your food choices help make you more healthy? Vietnamese pho is next to godliness. Fresh noodles, steaming amber beef broth, and herbs. The soup’s spices enhance and concentrate the flavor of beef. There’s magic in pho. But is there medicine in it, too? Pho contains star anise. Star anise contains shikimic acid, the active ingredient in Tamiflu, one of only two antiviral drugs approved by ...
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Big Pharma Again Taking Shot At Vaccines
Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 3, 6:26 pm ETThe news lately has been all about H1N1. Serious as the swine flu pandemic is, the vaccine is pretty ordinary from a scientific point 15f view.
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Iowa cat tests positive for H1N1 flu
Quad-City Times - Wed Nov 4, 3:26 pm ETAn Iowa cat is the first feline in the nation to test positive for H1N1 influenza.
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Medicago to present at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Global Health Security Initiative Workshop
CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Nov 4, 8:51 am ETMedicago Inc. , a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and affordable vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles , today announced that it received an invitation from the U.S.
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Trading Outlook for Novavax Inc. Issued by InvestorSoup.com
GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Nov 4, 6:50 am ETDALLAS -- InvestorSoup.com announces an investment report featuring Novavax Inc. . The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and pertinent industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.
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USAID Awards Cooperative Agreement to AED to Enhance Communications About Emerging Pandemic Threats
redOrbit - Tue Nov 3, 3:09 pm ETWASHINGTON, Nov.
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Crucell Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results
Marketwire - Tue Nov 3, 3:39 am ETLEIDEN, NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - November 3, 2009) - Total revenues and other operating income increased by 15% to EUR 94.3 million. Operating profit of EUR 15.5 million versus EUR 9.6 million in Q3 2008. Quarter-end cash and short-term liquidities of EUR 411.9 million. Undiluted EPS of EUR 0.15 for the quarter. 2009 full year guidance reiterated: total revenues and other operating income ...
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Sinovac to Transfer Stock Exchange Listing to NASDAQ Global Market
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 3, 9:34 am ETSinovac Biotech Ltd. , a leading developer and provider of vaccines in China, announced today that it will voluntarily transfer its stock exchange listing from the NYSE Amex to the NASDAQ Global Market.
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PuriCore Q3 Interim Management Statement
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 3, 7:00 am ETMALVERN, Pa. & STAFFORD, England----PuriCore , the life sciences company focused on developing and commercializing proprietary, green solutions that safely, effectively, and naturally kill infectious pathogens without causing harm to human health or the environment, today issues an Interim Management Statement covering the three-month and nine-month periods ending September 30, 2009.
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Indonesia says no policy change on bird flu samples
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat Oct 24, 6:04 am ETIndonesia does not intend to resume sharing bird flu samples with other countries until there is a global mechanism for virus sharing in place, the newly appointed health minister told Reuters on Saturday.
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H1N1 and Its Descendents: Where This Pandemic Flu Came From - and Where it Might Go
WGN TV Chicago - Sat Oct 31, 11:33 pm ETIn a typical year, about 10 percent of Americans get the flu. Although many people think of the flu as a mild ailment, each year in the U.S., a couple of hundred thousand people get sick enough to require hospitalization, and between 20,000 and 40,000 die from the infection.
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Shattering Myths About Squalene in Vaccines
Wired News - Fri Oct 30, 7:40 pm ETFears 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.
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Swine Flu Spurring $3.6 Billion Cough-Remedy Sales, Mintel Says
Bloomberg - Fri Oct 30, 8:28 am ETOct. 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.
WHO: Avian Influenza Updates
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Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 24
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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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