Scientists develop bird flu vaccine
The Spanish flu pandemic was truly global, spreading even to the Arctic and remote Pacific islands. The unusually severe disease killed between 2 and 20% of those infected, as opposed to the more usual flu epidemic mortality rate of 0.1%. Another unusual feature of this pandemic was that it mostly killed young adults, with 99% of pandemic influenza deaths occurring in people under 65, and more than half in young adults 20 to 40 years old. This is unusual since influenza is normally most deadly to the very young (under age 2) and the very old (over age 70). The total mortality of the 1918–1919 pandemic is not known, but it is estimated that 2.5% to 5% of the world's population was killed. As many as 25 million may have been killed in the first 25 weeks; in contrast, HIV/AIDS has killed 25 million in its first 25 years.
Scientists develop bird flu vaccine
Scientists develop bird flu vaccine.
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Bird flu update
To reduce the risk of bird flu spreading to humans, people who may have been exposed to this new outbreak are now being offered antiviral drugs and the seasonal influenza vaccine (flu vaccine). All avian influenzas (H1 to H16) have a ...
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Bird flu eradication project in Tangerang
Via the Jakarta Post: Bird flu eradication project in Tangerang. Here's the whole story:. A project for avian influenza eradication will be piloted in both Tangerang municipality and regency as a cooperative effort between Indonesia and ...
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Baxter vaccine halts one type of bird flu
Baxter vaccine halts one type of bird flu.
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What's New In Bird Flu Vaccine Development
There have been a few new developments in the production of the vaccine for the bird flu also known as avian flu (H5N1) virus over the last few months. In April the first vaccine in the United States for humans against the H5N1 ...
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STD Infection Rates, Bird Flu Outbreak, AIDS Vaccine Study ...
From Suffolk - The deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed as the cause of a bird flu outbreak on an English farm. The finding raises new public health concerns since the disease, which has killed over 200 people since ...
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James Campbell, MD - Noted Avian Flu Researcher
Adjuvanted and whole virion vaccines directed against H5N1 (bird flu) are currently leading the pack in the race for an optimal pandemic influenza vaccine. At this point, we can only point to safety and immune responses. ...
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Bird flu vaccine ready in a year but who will get it first?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says a vaccine against the killer H5N1 bird flu virus could be licensed for humans within a year.The H5N1 avian influenza virus has claimed over 150 lives since it appeared in 2003 and it’s rapid ...
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Vietnam: Vaccine slows down bird flu spread
Via Thanh Nien Daily: Vaccine slows down bird flu spread. Excerpt:. Reported cases of bird flu have slowed down recently thanks to swift action and the dissemination of vaccinations to farmers, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural ...
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Vaccine against bird flu seems to loose its efficiency on killing ...
Until now doctors have been using the Tamiflu vaccine for treating the cases of human bird flu. The vaccine proved its efficiency but now it seems that the virus is getting resistant to it. This was the conclusion of researchers of ...
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Scientists develop bird flu vaccine
Flu viruses can remain infectious for about one week at human body temperature, over 30 days at 0 °C (32 °F), and indefinitely at very low temperatures (such as lakes in northeast Siberia). Most influenza strains can be inactivated easily by disinfectants and detergents.
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