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Vaccinations Against Bird Flu Should Happen Now, Say Experts

Tuesday 04 11 08 14:00:00
People should be vaccinated now against bird flu rather than waiting for a global pandemic to erupt, an international panel of experts - including a leading British influenza specialist - say in a new report. 1 The influenza researchers say the World Health Organisation (WHO) and national governments should give "urgent consideration" to the idea of priming people in advance of bird flu with a preparatory vaccination.

Scientists Recommend Stockpiling Influenza Vaccine: Double Flu Jab Needed Against Bird Flu Pandemic

Thursday 09 10 08 12:00:00
An international study led by University of Leicester researchers has determined that vaccination will be the best way to protect people in the event of the next influenza pandemic - but that each person would need two doses. In an article in the New England Journal of Medicine published on October 9, researchers from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester report on a study carried out at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.

New England Journal Of Medicine Publishes Study Investigating Safety And Efficacy Of Baxter's Cell-Based Pandemic, Avian Flu Vaccine

Thursday 12 06 08 14:00:00
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) announced publication in the June 12, 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) of data demonstrating Baxter's candidate avian influenza (H5N1) vaccine, CELVAPAN, met Phase I/II trial endpoints for safety and immunogenicity (generating a functional immune response).

Bird flu outbreak 'highly pathogenic': officials (AFP)

Thursday 05 06 08 08:59:03

A government vet disinfects his boots outside a bird flu-affected factory farm in Holton, Suffolk in 2007. An outbreak of the H7 strain of bird flu at a farm in central England is AFP - An outbreak of the H7 strain of bird flu at a farm in central England is "highly pathogenic," officials said Wednesday.


Japan suspends imports of British poultry due to bird flu (AFP)

Wednesday 04 06 08 12:26:22

Suffolk Police cordon off a poultry farm in Suffolk amid bird flu fears in 2007. Japan has said that it is suspending imports of poultry from Britain after a bird flu outbreak on a farm in Oxfordshire.(AFP/File/Andrew Stuart)AFP - Japan said Wednesday that it was suspending imports of poultry from Britain after a bird flu outbreak on a farm there.


GSK gets EU approval for bird flu vaccine (AFP)

Monday 19 05 08 12:33:01

The European Commission has granted the first licence to market a vaccine in preparation for a pandemic of H5N1 bird flu in Europe, British pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline has said.(AFP/File/Ho)AFP - The European Commission has granted the first licence to market a vaccine in preparation for a pandemic of H5N1 bird flu in Europe, British pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday.


Bird flu pandemic seen needing multiple drugs (Reuters)

Wednesday 14 05 08 20:06:10

An Indonesian pharmacy worker conducts research to produce Oseltamivir capsules, a local version of Tamiflu, at the country's Kimia Farma laboratory in Bandung, west Java, February 17, 2006. (Dadang Tri/Reuters)Reuters - Governments need to stockpile different sorts of flu drugs -- not just Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu -- to counter the danger of resistance in a pandemic triggered by bird flu, British experts said on Wednesday.


Sixth swan tests positive for H5N1 bird flu: British officials (AFP)

Saturday 26 01 08 21:18:01

Two swans glide on the flooded Welney Washes in Norfolk, 17 January 2008. A sixth swan has tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu at a nature reserve in south-west England, Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said Saturday.(AFP/File/Edmond Terakopian)AFP - A sixth swan has tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu at a nature reserve in south-west England, Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said Saturday.


Sixth Swan Tests Positive For H5N1 Bird Flu Virus Strain, England

Saturday 26 01 08 19:00:00
A sixth mute swan, which was collected on January 21st as part of wild bird surveillance in Dorset, England, has tested positive for H5N1, the virulent bird flu virus strain, reports Defra (Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs). Defra added that this sixth confirmation is not a surprise. Defra informs that the area is currently undergoing an "enhanced surveillance" of wild birds.

Seasonal flu vaccine may help in fight against H5N1 (Reuters)

Friday 25 01 08 17:36:01

Two swans glide on the flooded Welney Washes in Norfolk, 17 January 2008. A sixth swan has tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu at a nature reserve in south-west England, Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said Saturday.(AFP/File/Edmond Terakopian)Reuters - Animals that have previously been vaccinated against seasonal flu appear to respond far quicker to experimental H5N1 bird flu vaccines, a study has found.
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