Confirmation Of Avian Influenza In North Wales
The Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales has confirmed a case of avian influenza in birds in North Wales.
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Sharing Of Influenza Viruses And Access To Vaccines
World Health Assembly has adopted a resolution on pandemic influenza preparedness that makes clear that Member States must continue to share influenza specimens and viruses with the WHO's Global Influenza Surveillance Network.
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Bird Flu Outbreaks In Bangladesh Require Long-Term Strategic Response
The bird flu situation in Bangladesh remains serious and the country will have to engage in a long-term strategic campaign against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in order to get the spreading H5N1 virus under control.
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U.S. Department Of Labor's Unveils New Pandemic Flu Guidance
The U.S. Department of Labor has unveiled new safety and health guidance that will help healthcare workers and their employers prepare for a possible influenza pandemic.
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U.S. Preparedness To Respond To Avian Influenza A
A three-day training course provides a standardized curriculum about how to identify and control human infections and illness associated with avian influenza A (H5N1).
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Many Floridians Don't Properly Cover Coughs And Sneezes
Floridians should wash their hands often, cover their cough or sneeze with an arm or tissue, and stay home when they are sick.
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Clinical Phase I Study Started For Nasal Spray Against Influenza
Avir Green Hills Biotechnology started the first clinical phase I study for their novel influenza vaccine "FLUVACC".
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Why Predicting Next Influenza Pandemic Is Difficult
In planning for a future influenza pandemic, most experts agree that two things are known for certain - there will be another pandemic someday, and nobody can predict when.
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Is the UK prepared for pandemic flu?
In the worse case scenario, a pandemic of influenza in the United Kingdom would cause 750,000 excess deaths and giving local authorities responsibility for implementing pandemic flu plans may not be the best policy.
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UHL Delivers Pandemic Influenza Training Via Unique Game Board
The University Hygienic Laboratory is using a game-board approach to promote pandemic-influenza awareness in each of Iowa's six emergency preparedness regions.
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FluForecast Trial In 2006 Predicted High Human H5N1 Mortality In Indonesia
When H5N1 was thought to be quiescent in 2006, in a prospective open trial, FluForecast, a software program which measures virus gene proteins, predicted high human mortality H5N1 outbreaks to come.
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U.S. Control Strategies May Make Flu Epidemics Worse
Regular as clockwork, the flu arrives every year and 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. population on average will come down with it. About 36,000 people will die.
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HHS Interim Guidance For Use Of Facemasks, Respirators During An Influenza Pandemic
CDC released interim advice to the public about the use of facemasks and respirators in certain public (non-occupational) settings during an influenza pandemic.
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U.S. Control Strategies May Make Flu Epidemics Worse
Regular as clockwork, the flu arrives every year, and 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. population on average will come down with it.
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Face Mask Advice for Flu Pandemic
Flu face mask guidelines from government are temporary while studies look into the impact of face masks and the best ways to use them during a flu pandemic.
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Stockpiling Of Masks To Meet Medical Requirements To Prepare For Pandemic Flu
Trust for America's Health issued in Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report concerning standards for use of masks and respirators in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak.
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Kentucky Health Department Releases Pandemic Influenza Readiness Plan
The Kentucky Department for Public Health has released an updated state pandemic influenza (flu) readiness plan aimed at protecting Kentucky residents in the event of a worldwide epidemic of flu.
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Last Year's Flu Vaccine May Have Been Less Effective Than Vaccines Used In Previous Years
A new Harris Poll suggests that the flu vaccine used before last winter may have been less effective than the vaccines used in some previous years.
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Supermap Of Avian Flu Yields New Info On Source/Spread
Scientists have designed a new, interactive map of the spread of the avian flu virus (H5N1) that for the first time incorporates genetic, geographic and evolutionary information that may help predict where the next outbreak of the virus is likely to occur.
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Fairfax County Takes Pandemic Flu Preparedness Message To Small Businesses
Fairfax County will present the seminar "Keeping Your Business Healthy: Strategies for Small Businesses During an Influenza Pandemic" to small businesses throughout Fairfax County in May and June in a series of presentations at Board of Supervisors district offices.
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Optaflu influenza vaccine, receives support of European Union approval
Novartis has received a positive opinion supporting European Union approval of its cell culture-derived seasonal influenza vaccine Optaflu, which is aiming to become the first influenza vaccine to utilize a mammalian cell line, rather than chicken eggs, for antigen production.
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First U.S. Vaccine For Humans Against The Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 Approved
The approval by the FDA of the first U.S. H5N1 influenza vaccine for use in humans is a sign of progress in our ongoing efforts to protect the American people from a pandemic.
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Manitoba Health Reports Influenza Activity In Manitoba
The following report details influenza activity in Manitoba from the start of the 2006/2007 flu season. No new cases of influenza A have been reported in the province since last week. To date there have been 72 laboratory-confirmed cases of Influenza in the province.
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Texas Legislature Urged To Fill Request For Antiviral Stockpiling
The Texas Legislature should fill the request to protect a fourth of the state's population against an avian flu pandemic by purchasing an additional 2.3 million courses of antivirals at the Federally discounted price.
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Light Flu Activity Continues As Season Nears End
Nine new influenza cases were confirmed via positive lab cultures in the past two weeks, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases for the season to 41.
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FDA Approves First U.S. Vaccine Against Avian Influenza Virus For Humans
FDA announced the first approval in the United States of a vaccine for humans against the H5N1 influenza virus, commonly known as avian or bird flu.
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FDA Licenses First U.S. Vaccine for Humans Against Avian Influenza
Sanofi pasteur receives first U.S. license for a vaccine against avian influenza in humans marking an important milestone in pandemic preparedness.
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Building Owners Have A New Weapon To Combat Bird Flu
Flu pandemic preparedness is a key concern for many businesses.
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Flu Outbreak Spurs Renewed Push For Flu Shots
An influenza outbreak in northeastern Oklahoma has Tulsa Health Department officials emphasizing the need for area residents to obtain flu shots.
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Utah's Governor Receives Recommendations From Pandemic Flu Task Force
The Governor's Task Force for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness has given formal recommendations to the Governor on ways to help minimize the impact anticipated in the event of a serious influenza pandemic.
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Drug resistance to influenza B medications
The emergence of drug-resistant influenza B should draw attention to the importance of continual monitoring of strains over time and to the need for frequent rethinking of policies for use of antiviral drugs.
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Fewer Bird Flu Outbreaks This Year
Despite substantial progress in global bird flu efforts to bring the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus under control, the disease continues to spread to new countries and to new areas in some countries where containment has not been successful.
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Researchers Find Surprising Pattern Of Influenza Spread In South America And Tropics
Researchers studying influenza transmission patterns in the Southern Hemisphere and in tropical areas, specifically Brazil, uncovered the unexpected finding that each season influenza travels from low populated regions near the equator to the more populated centers.
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Influenza 2006-2007 Season Update: Canada
Canada's national influenza surveillance system is coordinated through the Immunization and Respiratory Infections Division of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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Already Mild Flu Season Slowing Down
Three new influenza cases were confirmed via positive lab cultures indicating that an already relatively mild flu season is beginning to wind down.
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Forums Will Help Faith Community Prepare For A Flu Pandemic
During times of crisis, many people turn to leaders in their faith community for guidance and support. This was true during Hurricane Katrina and it will likely be true again during an emergency such as pandemic influenza.
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Manchester celebrates success of flu campaign for older people
Manchester NHS is celebrating the success of its winter campaign to ensure that at least 70 percent of people aged over 65 received their flu jabs.
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Antibiotics appear to be overprescribed for sinus infections
Antibiotics are prescribed for approximately 82 percent of acute sinus infections and nearly 70 percent of chronic sinus infections, despite the fact that viruses are by far the most frequent cause of this condition.
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Practice Healthy Habits to Stay Well
According to Influenza like Illness surveillance program we are experiencing a significant increase of influenza activity across the state.
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New Mexico's Flu Cases on the Rise
The New Mexico Department of Health announced that a 41 year old female from Lea County and a 4 year old boy and a 77 year old female both from Bernalillo County have died from flu complications.
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