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WHO wants faster, more flu vaccine production
Sep 06, 2010 06:12 EDT
WHO official: Faster, more vaccine production needed for next flu pandemic. The vaccine used to contain the recent swine flu pandemic was effective, but health authorities will need to ramp up the speed and volume of production during the next global outbreak, a World Health Organization official said Monday.
WHO list reveals flu advisors with industry ties
Aug 11, 2010 11:21 EDT
Five of the 15 experts that advised the World Health Organisation about swine flu pandemic alerts had received support from the drugs industry, including for flu vaccine research, the WHO revealed on Wednesday.
WHO list reveals flu advisors with industry ties
Aug 11, 2010 10:57 EDT
Five of the 15 experts that advised the World Health Organisation about swine flu pandemic alerts had received support from the drugs industry, including for flu vaccine research, the WHO revealed on Wednesday.
Agriculture colleges sell cow herds to cut costs
Jul 12, 2010 10:51 EDT
Vermont among the agriculture universities selling cow herds to cut costs in tight times. The fields and long red barns at the University of Vermont will soon house fewer cows as low milk prices, high costs and budget cuts have forced the university to sell its herd.
Everyone in U.S. should get flu vaccine: experts
Feb 25, 2010 15:05 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Everyone in the United States over the age of six months should get seasonal influenza vaccines every year, federal vaccine advisers said on Wednesday.
Everyone in U.S. should get flu vaccine: experts
Feb 24, 2010 20:47 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Everyone in the United States over the age of six months should get seasonal influenza vaccines every year, federal vaccine advisers said on Wednesday.
Flu experts gear up for pandemic of vaccine worry
Sep 16, 2009 10:12 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One million heart attacks, 700,000 strokes and 900,000 miscarriages -- U.S. public health officials want Americans to know these will happen every single year with or without a swine flu vaccine campaign.
Studies: Swine flu spreads long after fever stops
Sep 14, 2009 18:30 EDT
Coughing may be a better sign than fever of when people can spread swine flu, studies suggest. When the coughing stops is probably a better sign of when a swine flu patient is no longer contagious, experts said after seeing new research that suggests the virus can still spread many days after a fever goes away.
Studies: Swine flu spreads long after fever stops
Sep 14, 2009 18:29 EDT
When the coughing stops is probably a better sign of when a swine flu patient is no longer contagious, experts said after seeing new research that suggests the virus can still spread many days after a fever goes away.
US experts confident of containing swine flu
Sep 13, 2009 20:00 EDT
Health experts meeting in San Francisco have expressed confidence that a fresh (A)H1N1 outbreak can be contained, as the northern hemisphere braces for its winter flu season.
Study: New drug fights flu as well as Tamiflu does
Sep 13, 2009 17:10 EDT
Researchers delivered a double dose of good news Sunday in the fight against flu: successful tests of what could become the first new flu medicine in a decade, and the strongest evidence yet that such drugs save lives, not just shorten illness.
Study: New drug fights flu as well as Tamiflu does
Sep 13, 2009 17:10 EDT
Novel flu drug proves effective; Tamiflu saves lives, not just shortens illness, studies show. Researchers delivered a double dose of good news Sunday in the fight against flu: successful tests of what could become the first new flu medicine in a decade, and the strongest evidence yet that such drugs save lives, not just shorten illness.
US: 160M doses of swine flu vaccine due in Oct.
Jul 24, 2009 02:32 EDT
US says swine flu vaccine supplies still tight but maker of nasal-spray version may help. The U.S. may have as many as 160 million doses of swine flu vaccine available sometime in October, even though manufacturers worldwide are having serious trouble brewing shots, federal health officials said Thursday.
US: 160M doses of swine flu vaccine due in Oct.
Jul 23, 2009 17:11 EDT
US says swine flu vaccine supplies still tight but maker of nasal-spray version may help. The U.S. may have as many as 160 million doses of swine flu vaccine available sometime in October, even though manufacturers worldwide are having serious trouble brewing shots, federal health officials said Thursday.
US: 160M doses of swine flu vaccine due in Oct.
Jul 23, 2009 17:10 EDT
The U.S. may have as many as 160 million doses of swine flu vaccine available sometime in October, even though manufacturers worldwide are having serious trouble brewing shots, federal health officials said Thursday.
CDC says no sign yet that swine flu is mutating
Jul 23, 2009 09:59 EDT
Federal health officials say the new swine flu isn't yet mutating to become more dangerous, but they're closely tracking that as the virus continues to circle the globe.
Mexico wins praise for swine flu response
Jul 04, 2009 00:23 EDT
Mexico's gets praise, Argentina and Britain criticism for swine flu response as caseload grows. As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures to protect public health.
Mexico wins praise for swine flu response
Jul 03, 2009 21:37 EDT
As swine flu runs rampant in the Southern Hemisphere winter, world health experts are concerned that some hard-hit countries have been reluctant to take forceful measures to protect public health.
Swine flu shot campaign could involve 600M doses
Jun 26, 2009 17:47 EDT
A potential fall swine flu immunization campaign may involve an unprecedented 600 million doses of vaccine, though officials said Friday they haven't figured out how to administer so many doses or accurately track side effects if a seasonal vaccine is given simultaneously.
Swine flu shot campaign could involve 600M doses
Jun 26, 2009 17:47 EDT
Swine flu shot campaign could involve 600M doses; officials wonder how to administer them all. A potential fall swine flu immunization campaign may involve an unprecedented 600 million doses of vaccine, though officials said Friday they haven't figured out how to administer so many doses or accurately track side effects if a seasonal vaccine is given simultaneously.
