Archive for May 30th, 2009
By contrast, the H1N1 strain, commonly known as swine flu and which has put the world on pandemic alert , has infected more than 13000 people but killed just 95, according to WHO figures. … The WHO’s statement did not include new guidance on the H1N1 virus or vaccines to fight it. WHO officials have said they would offer recommendations “during the summer” about how many pandemic vaccines focused on that strain may needed, depending on whether it continues to cause mild …
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OPNTALK: Scientists develop new basis for H5N1 vaccine: WHO
Via The Australian: Victoria hardest hit by Swine flu . Excerpt: Swine flu is now in every state and territory with the Northern Territory recording its first case. The national tally climbed to 255 overnight, 47 more cases than at the. … In Victoria, which has been hardest hit by the virus , there are 173 confirmed cases. There is growing pressure to upgrade the pandemic alert from the “contain” phase to the “sustain” phase with the results of another 262 tests in that …
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H5N1: Australia: H1N1 now nationwide
These suspects helped Novavax, Inc., in Bethesda, Maryland, produce genetically-modified recombinants of the avian, swine , and Spanish flu viruses, H5N1 and H1N1 , nearly identical to the unprecedented Mexican virus that is allegedly spreading … However, any flu has an ability to mutate, so the danger of a pandemic remains high. That is the real matter of concern for national health institutions. For the general public, the problem is still far from real, and taking into …
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