St. Jude test of bird flu vaccine proves successful
...able" protein on the surface of the bird and human flu viruses that is critical to their ability to infec...onsidered by researchers to be the 'Holy Grail' of flu vaccines," Webby said. "By stimulating immune responses against targets not likely to mutate, the va...Launch of the Lancet Asia Medical Forum
...precedented opportunity to discuss the threat of a flu pandemic and the preparations being made to manage such an event." Press Briefings There will be two media briefings at the Forum in the Speakers' Lounge (Room 325). These sessions will provide a unique opportunity for journalists to put questions t......r flu. This happened, for example, in 1918, when a flu pandemic killed between 20 million and 100 million...air travel might be in controlling the spread of a flu virus. Travel restrictions are usually unpopular and could themselves be harmful. If they are not ef...How should countries best respond to a flu pandemic?
...here is no single magic bullet which can control a flu pandemic, but that a combination of interventions could be highly effective at reducing transmission, potentially saving many lives." The research shows that border restrictions are unlikely to delay the spread of influenza by more than a few weeks ...Researchers reveal lung's unique innate immune system
...that could infect the lower airways, such as a new flu strain or bioterrorist agents," said Raz. The researchers' data outlines a complex circuit in which the alveolar macrophages circumvent the inhibition by TGFb for brief period of time, in order perform their immune task. This is accomplished throu...Feds' infectious diseases strategy must be broader than biodefense, say ID physicians
...at the United States is woefully unprepared" for a flu pandemic. By tackling these naturally occurring threats, Dr. Blaser said, the infectious diseases community will be better prepared for bioterrorism. "There is an inextricably linked, synergistic relationship between the research and development (R...IAMP expresses support for Disease Control Priorities Project
...blic concern over the potential risk posed by bird flu indicates that the world is increasingly aware that diseases over 'there' could soon become diseases over 'here'." In a statement issued at the conclusion of its General Assembly, IAMP member academies unanimously agreed to lend their support to the ...President's budget proposal cuts critical infectious diseases programs to the bone
...vitable fact of nature, whether it come from avian flu or some other strain. The Centers for Disease Con...rograms," Dr. Blaser said. In addition to harming flu research, the proposal cuts $15 million from HIV/AIDS research, harming research into vaccines, trea...UK plans for pandemic flu don't go far enough
The UK's contingency plans for pandemic flu don't go far enough, argues a director of public health in this week's BMJ. Plans for pandemic flu in the United Kingdom are said to be among the best in the developed world, but important lessons fr...H5N1 avian flu virus vaccine induces immune responses in healthy adults
...ficials worldwide. The potential for a human avian flu pandemic looms large, say experts, as daily report... 24, 2006, 186 people had been infected with avian flu viruses, and more than half of them had died. Generally, flu viruses are easily transmitted from pe...Bird-flu vaccine works at high doses; Focus turns to ways to stretch vaccine supply
An experimental vaccine against bird flu is safe and spurs the immune response considered n...t a dose several times larger than the traditional flu shot and in slightly more than half of people who received the largest dose, scientists said in resu...AIDS, TB, malaria and bird flu spread unchecked in Burma
...IDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, malaria and bird flu (H5N1) are spreading unchecked, according to a rep...states that Burma reported its first cases of bird flu among poultry to the World Health Organization on March 8, 2006. However, the ruling junta censored ...U-M study: Program to boost elderly flu vaccination could save lives
...th System say the federal government could promote flu vaccination to the elderly in a cost-effective man...f Health and Human Services were to lead a 10-year flu vaccination program aimed at elderly people with the same intensity as pharmaceutical companies' dir...Medical experts: US unlikely to have enough vaccines to stop avian flu
...p of medical experts who attended a national avian flu conference last fall believe there is little chanc...ugh vaccine or antiviral medication to stop a bird flu pandemic should the virus mutate into a form that can be spread easily from human to human, accordin...Patient view of asthma as a temporary health problem negatively impacts control of disease
...toms. They are treating asthma more like a cold or flu that will go away between attacks, than as the serious, chronic disease which it is. Dr. Halm and his colleagues from Mount Sinai and from Rutgers University labeled this the "no symptoms, no asthma" belief. Patients who thought this way were one t...How can we protect patients with weakened immune systems from influenza?
The flu is bad enough for healthy people, but the disease ... added concerns over potential threats -- an avian flu pandemic or the use of flu as a weapon of biological warfare -- put anti-flu measures into the categ......countries suffer far more illness and death during flu outbreaks than previously imagined, with both hosp...admissions and deaths rising considerably during a flu outbreak. Most strains of influenza are successfully fought off by the vast majority of people, who ...Acute stress boosts flu shot response in women, small study finds
... of physical or mental activity before receiving a flu shot produced more antibodies than other women, ac... enhanced response only appeared with one of three flu strains and there was no evidence of the effect in men. The study appears in the March issue of Brai...Modeling shows containment could delay, not prevent, pandemic flu
QUESTION: Can efforts to contain dangerous flu outbreaks at their source prevent further spread o...are, but containment alone is not enough to stop a flu pandemic from occurring. Through mathematical modeling, the researchers show that flu outbreaks ar......and notice patterns: Are a lot of patients getting flu symptoms in the summer? Is there a group of patients with these symptoms who were all in the same place?" Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. "It's one of the main agents we're worried abou...