Feb 24, 2009

Pandemic Influenza Information Feb 24, 2009

This blog using web news aggregating service called "news!eye".
I have monitoring, clipping and analysis about Pandemic Influenza Information everyday.

<Today's special>
・Getting Closer to a Flu Supervaccine    
Many parts of the country are now sneezing, sniffling and coughing their way through yet another achy flu season. If there is any solace in the suffering, it's that so far, the Big One — the pandemic that experts predict could emerge from birds or cats or some other animal reservoir at any time — has yet to strike....

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1881360,00.html

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 02:30  (TIME)

del.icio.us タグ: pandémie,pandemie,pandemia,influenza,flu,grippe,H5N1

 

・QUÉNIA: Brincar em casa é mais seguro    
NAIRÓBI, 24 Fevereiro 2009 (PlusNews) - O casamento não é um abrigo seguro contra o HIV; na verdade, a pandemia está a alastrar-se rapidamente entre pessoas ...

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KENYA: Playing at home is safer
NAIROBI, 24 February 2009 (PlusNews) - The marriage is not a safe against HIV, in fact, the pandemic is spreading rapidly among people is ...

http://www.plusnews.org/pt/Report.aspx?ReportId=83110

keyword:"pandemia"        Feb 24, 2009 03:30  (PlusNews)


・Swiss Re's New Sigma Study Explores Scenario Planning for Insurers    
In the case of a pandemic, for example, thousands of people may lose their lives, resulting in a sharp increase in life insurance claims. ...

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-24-2009/0004977276&EDATE=

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 24, 2009 01:41  (PR Newswire (press release), NY)


・Vietnam needs to renew bird flu vigilance -UN bodies    
If this occurs we could see the start of a new influenza pandemic, he said in a joint WHO-FAO statement. In 2008, five people died of avian influenza in ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSPEK391241

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 24, 2009 00:30  (Reuters)


・Grippe aviaire: FAO et OMS appellent à la vigilance au Vietnam    
Si cela se produit, nous pourrions voir le début d'une nouvelle pandémie de grippe. Dimanche, le Vietnam a annoncé son premier décès de l'année dû au H5N1 ...

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Avian flu: FAO and WHO call for vigilance in Vietnam
If this happens, we could see the beginning of a new influenza pandemic. Sunday, Vietnam announced its first death this year due to the H5N1 ...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hoIkQvKgYqYydru_ukOALOvfGQfQ

keyword:"pandémie"        Feb 24, 2009 00:30  (AFP)


・Universelle Impfung gegen Grippe    
Die Spanische Grippe war eine weltweite pandemie, die zwischen 1918 und 1920 durch einen ungewöhnlich virulenten Abkömmling des Influenzavirus (Subtyp ...

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Universal vaccination against influenza
The Spanish flu was a global pandemic, the 1918 to 1920 by a descendant of the unusually virulent influenza virus (subtype ...

http://www.60pro.de/web/gesundheit/artikel/-/content_viewer_single/article/GESUNDHEIT-GESUND_IM_ALTER-AKTUELL-1235463153142

keyword:"pandemie"        Feb 24, 2009 00:30  (60pro - Magazin für aktive 60er)


・Regional health office hires new director    
Garrett Simonsen began working in Derry last month, but his work benefits 10 communities in the region in planning for emergencies like pandemic flu or mass ...

http://www.eagletribune.com/punewsnh/local_story_055011013.html

keyword:"pandemic"            Feb 23, 2009 08:32  (Eagle Tribune, MA)


・Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Feb 24    
... a faster way to test H5N1 bird flu vaccines in people, in a move that should speed preparations for mass immunisation in the event of a global pandemic. ...

http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=7183668&subject=markets&action=article

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 08:30  (Interactive Investor, UK)


・GARDEN STATE BRIEFS    
Schering-Plough announced a licensing agreement between its vaccine business unit and the World Health Organization to provide access to pandemic influenza ...

http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/base/business-11/123545320936320.xml&coll=1

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 07:30  (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ)


・Nigerian experts discover new HIV monitoring technique    
... of the pandemic in the country, said Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, the Minister of Health, who chaired the launch and dissemination meeting in Abuja. ...

http://www.234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/National/5302681-147/Nigerian_experts_discover_new_HIV_monitoring.csp

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 03:13  (NEXT, Nigeria)

 
・Research Makes Progress in Fight Against Flu    
It could provide protection against the much-feared bird flu and a global influenza pandemic. This discovery, finding the common target on flu strains, ...

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MedicineCuttingEdge/story?id=6941446&page=1

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 03:00  (ABC News)


・Antibodies protect against bird flu and more    
... such as viruses -- also might be used to protect front-line workers and others at high risk in case a pandemic of flu broke out, the researchers said. ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/europeCrisis/idUSN23366422

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 02:30  (Reuters)


・Researchers find antibody that fights H5N1, seasonal flu strains    
Feb 23, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – In a development that could create new tools to prevent and treat seasonal and pandemic influenza, researchers have identified ...

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/news/feb2309monoclonal-br.html

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 02:30  (CIDRAP, MN)


・Super Antibody Could Provide Permanent Flu Vaccine   
... killed millions across the globe in World War I. “To our amazement, the antibodies inactivated the 1918 pandemic,” [study author Wayne] Marasco said. ...

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/23/researchers-find-super-antibody-that-could-provide-permanent-flu-vaccine/

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 02:30  (Discover Magazine, NY)


・Permanent Protection Against the Flu?    
... the antibodies could block not only H5 but also eight other types of flu virus, including the one responsible for the deadly 1918–19 flu pandemic. ...

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/223/2

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 02:30  (Science Magazine (subscription))


・Breakthrough: Antibodies could defend against a Pandemic    
... effective in guarding against a range of Type A influenza strains, including the dread H5N1 flu viruses, according to an elite team of US researchers. ...

http://www.fiercebioresearcher.com/story/breakthrough-antibodies-could-defend-against-pandemic/Feb 23, 2009

keyword:"pandemic"                   Feb 23, 2009 01:33  (FierceBioResearcher, DC)


・HIV Crisis: SA expert says give Swazi women grants    
The professor further suggested a number of reasons that might have led the Pandemic in Swaziland. Swaziland does have the worst HIV epidemic in the world. ...

http://www.times.co.sz/index.php?news=5689

keyword:"pandemic"                   Feb 23, 2009 01:33  (Times of Swaziland, Swaziland)


・: It's a $14000000000 Economy and No Jobs?    
Steve also led the development of numerous serious roleplaying simulations, including a Pandemic Flu simulation for the US National Capitol Region. ...

http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&ID=25531

keyword:"pandemic"                   Feb 24, 2009 05:33  (NewsReleaseWire.com (press release))


・VGX Pharmaceuticals Avian Influenza DNA Vaccine Delivered with Electroporation Provides 100% Protection of Non-Human Primates    
Having cellular immune responses present to augment incomplete or absent antibody responses could significantly impact the toll of epidemic and pandemic ...

http://www.pr-inside.com/vgx-pharmaceuticals-avian-influenza-dna-r1075326.htm

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 24, 2009 03:30  (PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria)


・Online exclusive -- Protecting the coal supply chain: Planning for the next flu pandemic    
It's a very small version of what could happen to utilities in the case of a flu pandemic. Health officials are in agreement that another flu pandemic is ...

http://uaelp.pennnet.com/display_article/354126/22/ARTCL/none/none/1/Online-exclusive----Protecting-the-coal-supply-chain:-Planning-for-the-next-flu-pandemic/

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 24, 2009 02:31  (Electric Light & Power/ Utility Automation & )


・Research in flu transmission necessary    
Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have completed a study to better understand the impact of infection control measures during a possible flu pandemic. ...

http://www.scientistlive.com/European-Science-News/Medical/Research_in_flu_transmission_necessary/21760/

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 24, 2009 01:31  (Scientist Live, UK)


・Schering-Plough Announces Collaboration With World Health Organization to Provide Access to Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Technology to Developing Countries    
The avian influenza virus is already affecting several developing countries, making pandemic influenza vaccine preparedness a global health priority. ...

http://www.examiner.com/p-303911~Schering_Plough_Announces_Collaboration_With_World_Health_Organization_to_Provide_Access_to_Pandemic_Influenza_Vaccine_Technology_to_Developing_Countries.html

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 23:31  (Examiner.com)


・Nigeria lanza campaña de prevención de la gripe aviar    
La campaña forma parte del proyecto de la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) de preparación a una pandemia de gripe aviar y humana ...

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Nigeria launches campaign against bird flu
The campaign is part of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to prepare for a pandemic of avian influenza and human ...

http://www.afrol.com/es/articulos/32491

keyword:"pandemia"        Feb 23, 2009 23:30  (afrol News)


・Schering-Plough Announces Collaboration With World Health Organization to Provide Access to Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Technology to Developing Countries    
The avian influenza virus is already affecting several developing countries, making pandemic influenza vaccine preparedness a global health priority. ...

http://sev.prnewswire.com/medical-pharmaceuticals/20090223/NY7372623022009-1.html

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 23:04  (PR Newswire (press release), NY)


・Schering-Plough Announces Collaboration With World Health Organization to Provide Access to Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Technology to Developing Countries    
The avian influenza virus is already affecting several developing countries, making pandemic influenza vaccine preparedness a global health priority. ...

http://www.pharmalive.com/News/index.cfm?articleid=606656&categoryid=10

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 05:37  (PharmaLive.com (press release), PA)


・Anticorpo derrota vírus da gripe aviária, diz estudo    
E a cada trinta anos em média surge uma pandemia. Já está na hora de surgir uma e nós não sabemos como será esse vírus, declarou um dos líderes da ...

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Antibody defeat avian flu virus, says study
And thirty years each on average is a pandemic. Now it's time to come over and we will not know how this virus, said one of the leaders of ...

http://www.iparaiba.com.br/plantao.php?noticia=149952&categoria=8

keyword:"pandemia"        Feb 23, 2009 05:30  (iParaiba)


・Flu research closes in on magic bullet    
By Mary Engel - Los Angeles Times Public health officials have long warned there’s no magic bullet to stop another influenza pandemic such as the one in ...

http://www.sunherald.com/health/story/1156395.html

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 03:31  (SunHerald.com (subscription), USA)


・Millions Jobless, Riots, Panic: Financial Food for expanding LifeGen.de   
The global scientific community expects the next influenza flu pandemic, but when will it come? We forecast social unrests and riots in the United States, ...

http://www.lifegen.de/newsip/shownews.php4?getnews=Feb 23, 2009-1412&pc=s02

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 03:31  (Lifegen.de (Abonnement), Germany)


・New Brief Addresses State Workforce Strategies During pandemic    
A new NGA Center Issue Brief highlights strategies to safeguard the state workforce during a pandemic outbreak, such as avian influenza. ...

http://www.docuticker.com/?p=24918

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 01:31  (Docuticker)


・Researchers tout potential flu-fighting antibodies    
Public health officials have long warned that there’s no magic bullet to stop another influenza pandemic such as the one in 1918 that killed an estimated 50 ...

http://www.cantonrep.com/lifestyle/health/x162895467/Researchers-tout-potential-flu-fighting-antibodies

keyword:"pandemic"             Feb 23, 2009 10:31  (Canton Repository (subscription), OH)


・Investigadores identificam anticorpos que protegem ratos da Gripe ...    
Segundo ele, em caso de epidemia, anticorpos humanos monoclonais poderiam constituir um complemento importante dos anti virais para conter a pandemia, ...

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Researchers identify antibodies that protect rats from flu ...
According to him, in case of epidemic, human monoclonal antibodies could be an important addition to the anti virus to contain the pandemic, ...

http://jn.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Sociedade/Interior.aspx?content_id=1151992

keyword:"pandemia"        Feb 23, 2009 07:30  (Jornal de Notícias)

    
PEKIN - La Chine ne fait pas face à des risques de pandémie de grippe aviaire malgré la série de cas humains depuis le début de l'année, mais les autorités ...

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China: No bird flu pandemic although it should remain ...
BEIJING - China does not face the risk of avian flu pandemic despite the series of human cases since the beginning of the year, but authorities ...

http://www.romandie.com/infos/news2/090218105231.sqp18guw.asp

keyword: "pandémie"        2009-02-18 03:30  (Romandie.com)

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