Four antivirals not suitable for routine seasonal influenza control
...and rimantidine should not be used for seasonal or pandemic influenza control because they are ineffective and...l and should only be used in a serious epidemic or pandemic alongside other public health measures, state the authors. The researchers also found no evidence th...Rise in sudden infant death syndrome cases involving infants that sleep with parent on a sofa
... cause threats for the health of our children with pandemic features. This is still the case for secondary smoking and obesity and used to be the case for SIDS."...NIAID media availability: Understanding influenza infection
... and "shift" The scenario that could create a flu pandemic The practical and immunological challenges to developing protective vaccines...The Wistar Institute licenses rubella vaccine seed stock to Microgen of Russia
...Wistar Institute began work on the vaccine after a pandemic of rubella swept across Europe and the U.S. in 1963 and 1964, leaving in its wake about 12,000 infants born deaf or deaf and blind. Their rubella vaccine was introduced for use by physicians in 1969, signaling the beginning of the end for the virus i...Regional governments may be reluctant to report outbreaks
...international health community has recognized that pandemic planning and response is an inherently multi-governmental concern. This concern is reflected in the WHO's newly revised International Health Regulations, which originally date back to the nineteenth century when cholera epidemics overran Europe, and...Pandemic planning: Regional governments may be reluctant to report outbreaks
...international health community has recognized that pandemic planning and response is an inherently multi-governmental concern. This concern is reflected in the WHO's newly revised International Health Regulations, which originally date back to the 19th century when cholera epidemics overran Europe, and which...Are US flu death figures more PR than science?
...DC states that the historic 1968-9 "Hong Kong flu" pandemic killed 34,000 Americans. At the same time, CDC claims 36,000 Americans annually die from flu. What is going on, asks Doshi? The CDC uses indirect modelling methods to estimate the number of deaths associated with influenza. Thus the much publicised ...Threat of avian influenza pandemic grows, but people can take precautions
...s responsible for the largest documented influenza pandemic on record -- the Great Influenza Epidemic of 1918 ... this virus was entirely of avian origin. The 1918 pandemic was the first confirmed bird flu outbreak in humans. Drs. Sampathkumar and Maki emphasize though tha...Agricultural workers at increased risk for infection with animal flu viruses
...should, therefore, be considered in developing flu pandemic surveillance plans and antiviral and immunization ...mission among humans and domestic animals during a pandemic and cause considerable damage to the swine and poultry industries, as well as the U.S. economy." Whi...Coping effectively with a predicted influenza pandemic that threatens to affect the health of millions wo...ics today recommended a 15-point ethical guide for pandemic planning, based in part on experiences and study of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) cri...Problem of emerging infectious diseases likely to worsen
... "bushmeat" or to mining development, and the AIDS pandemic originated from human encroachment into African forests for food. The rise in international trade and travel is also important. The emergence of West Nile virus in North America, and AIDS and SARS globally, for example, arose from such travel and tra...US swine workers at increased risk of infection with swine influenza virus
..., [swine workers] are not included in the national pandemic plan, nor are they closely monitored for influenza," Dr. Gray said. "Should pandemic influenza virus strains enter the United States and these workers not be given special attention, we...Pregnant women with abnormal placentas may have an increased risk of early cardiovascular disease
...ctor for cardiovascular disease in women." "With a pandemic of obesity in our midst, including a more than doubling of the number of obese women at antenatal booking, we should try to ensure that women are a healthy weight before they enter reproductive years. In doing so, their future near risk of the metabo...Governments need to act transparently to stem public anxiety about a human influenza pandemic
... to avert widespread panic about a human influenza pandemic they must admit to uncertainty, act transparently,...za has been flanked by a rise in anxiety about the pandemic risk. These fears are perpetuated by politicians' misplaced instincts to withhold information instea...Conference offers new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration
...ring. "With the possibility of a future avian flu pandemic in the headlines, there couldn't be a better time ...; how best to use $100 million to prevent a future pandemic flu outbreak; how to improve rapid response to an outbreak of disease and reduce the cost of diagnos...Five questions that need to be addressed at international flu meeting
...minister antivirals? The efficacy of antivirals in pandemic human influenza remains unknown. The summit should... hope for reducing the mortality from a human H5N1 pandemic After the summit, country responses must show the seriousness with which they are taking the threat ...Doctors advised to plan their response to flu pandemic
...e advised to plan their response to managing a flu pandemic in this week's BMJ. The advice is based on a modul...eral practitioners take the recent threat of a flu pandemic seriously, writes Dr Douglas Fleming, a general practitioner in Birmingham. If a pandemic does occur...Infectious disease doctors respond to President Bush's strategy on pandemic influenza
... aggressive domestic and international approach to pandemic influenza preparedness and giving this issue the h...at will result from a pandemic. IDSA believes the pandemic clock is ticking; we just don't know what time it is. By strengthening global surveillance activitie...Public health tool from the '60s could help mitigate potential flu disaster
...access journal PLoS Medicine . The prospect of a pandemic with avian influenza is an urgent concern for publ...ealth leaders worldwide, and yet in most countries pandemic influenza plans are only in a draft form and lack legal status. The researchers say that the "Haddo......perts fear that avian flu couldlead to a worldwide pandemic if the virus becomes easily transmittable,leading to a public health crisis. Currently, most people are highly vulnerable to infection from avianinfluenza, as the current influenza vaccines do not protect against thisnew strain of the virus, making ...