Sunday 14 12 08
Swiss AmVac AG establishes comprehensive collaboration with the National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan to combat H5N1. H5N1/Influenza A is a flu virus known colloquially as "avian flu". "Avian flu" first occurred in Asia, and was transmitted to humans in a number of cases.AmVac's CSO Prof. Michel Klein attended the opening ceremony of the pilot plant Vaccine Centre of the National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan. |
Friday 12 12 08
 Reuters - A 19-year-old Cambodian who ate dead poultry has been confirmed with H5N1 bird flu, the country's first human case in more than 18 months, the World Health Organization (WHO) and government said on Friday.
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Friday 12 12 08
Reuters - India is sending bird flu experts to the northeastern state of Assam and setting up isolation units to treat up to 90 people showing signs of the virus, health authorities said on Friday. |
Friday 12 12 08
Contents
Introduction
I - Equitable access to therapeutic and prophylactic measures
II - Isolation, quarantine, border control and social-distancing measures
III- The role and obligations of health-care workers during an outbreak of pandemic influenza
IV- Pandemic influenza planning and response - translational issues for governments. |
Friday 12 12 08
Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq: VICL) announced that the company's Vaxfectin(R)-formulated H5N1 pandemic influenza DNA vaccines induced T-cell responses against a matching strain of influenza virus and demonstrated cross-clade antibody responses against a different strain in a Phase 1 clinical trial. The company previously reported that the vaccines had achieved potentially protective levels of antibody responses in up to 67% of evaluable subjects in the trial's higher dose cohorts. |
Friday 12 12 08
Intercell AG (VSE: ICLL) announced the execution of a contract modification with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The agreement commits additional funding of USD 12.5 m for Intercell's Pandemic Influenza program. Intercell is developing a Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Patch System that includes an immunostimulant patch administered in conjunction with an injected Pandemic Influenza vaccine (manufactured by Solvay Biologicals, B.V. |
Thursday 11 12 08
 AFP - Hong Kong's government confirmed Thursday that the deadly H5N1 virus was found at a poultry farm, the first outbreak on a farm here in nearly six years.
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Thursday 11 12 08
AP - Hong Kong authorities confirmed Thursday that the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu has caused an outbreak at a local chicken farm. |
Thursday 11 12 08
The authorities in Hong Kong say they have found the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus on a chicken farm. |
Thursday 11 12 08
 AFP - Smuggled fertilised eggs from China containing infected chicken embryos could be the origin of the latest bird flu outbreak at a Hong Kong poultry farm, trade representatives said Thursday.
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Wednesday 10 12 08
Time.com - After culling 80,000 chickens and shutting down the poultry industry for 21 days, Hong Kong is facing its biggest bird flu outbreak in six years - and the question of what to do about it |
Wednesday 10 12 08
 AFP - A two-year-old Indonesian girl has died of bird flu, the country's 113th fatality from the disease, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday.
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Tuesday 09 12 08
Reuters - Indonesia has confirmed two new cases of human bird flu, the first officially reported since September in the country which remains the hardest-hit by the deadly virus, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. |
Tuesday 09 12 08
Authorities in Hong Kong say over 80,000 chickens will be culled after a poultry farm was found to have chickens infected with avian influenza (bird flu). The last time bird flu was detected in Hong Kong was in 2002. About 60 dead chickens were found in the farm, according to York Chow, Health Secretary. Tests have confirmed the birds died from the H5N1 virus - the most virulent strain. He added that all chickens within a 2-mile (3-km) radius of the infected farm will be culled. |
Wednesday 03 12 08
Antiviral drugs play a central role in current plans for managing an influenza pandemic. However, their ability to reduce symptoms and infectivity in cases, and to reduce susceptibility of individuals given antivirals prophylactically must be confirmed for the pandemic virus strain. We present a technique for estimating antiviral effectiveness from data that can gathered easily from infected households during the early stages of an influenza pandemic. |
Wednesday 03 12 08
Mallard ducks are a main reservoir for low-pathogenic avian influenza virus in nature, yet surprisingly little is known about how infection affects these birds. We analyzed 10,000 samples from migratory mallards in Sweden for presence of influenza virus and were able to demonstrate that infected birds were leaner than uninfected birds, and that weight loss was related to the amount of virus shed in their faeces. |
Tuesday 02 12 08
NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) (the "Company"), announced today that they have executed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP). This joint R&D effort will enable AFIP scientists to test the effectiveness of several NanoViricides, Inc. anti-viral nanomedicines against deadly bird flu viruses (H5N1) at their facilities. |
Saturday 29 11 08
By mixing and matching a contemporary flu virus with the "Spanish flu" — a virus that killed between 20 and 50 million people 90 years ago in history's most devastating outbreak of infectious disease - researchers have identified a set of three genes that helped underpin the extraordinary virulence of the 1918 virus. |
Friday 28 11 08
The research council FORMAS in Sweden has granted 574 000 euro to a new research project that will study the environmental fate and effects of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu on the development on influenza resistance. Tamiflu is being stockpiled all over the world for use in fighting the next influenza pandemic. However, there are growing signs that influenza viruses may develop resistance to this vital pharmaceutical, because it is routinely prescribed for seasonal influenza. |
Thursday 27 11 08
The research council FORMAS, Sweden, has granted 5.9 million SEK to a new research project that will study the environmental fate and effects of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu on the development on influenza resistance. Tamiflu is being stockpiled all over the world for use in fighting the next influenza pandemic. However, there are growing signs that influenza viruses may develop resistance to this vital pharmaceutical, because it is routinely prescribed for seasonal influenza. |