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Jun 19th 2008Drug InformationBird Flu
A type of avian flu that is common in birds and rarely caught by humans, the North American Avian H7 influenza virus, is acquiring transmission properties similar to human influenza, according to a new study by US researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), based in Atlanta.
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Jun 12th 2008Drug InformationBird Flu
Health officials in Hong Kong said yesterday, Wednesday 11th June, they would start culling all live chickens on sale in retail outlets and markets after more birds in four markets tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus that is also lethal to humans.
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Jun 12th 2008Drug InformationBird Flu
Results of a phase I and phase II trial on a new human vaccine against the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus that is made from cell culture instead of embryonated eggs (making it faster and cheaper to produce) show that it is safe and effective against a number of divergent strains. The experimental vaccine is made by Baxter International.
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Jun 12th 2008Drug InformationBird Flu
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) announced publication in the June 12, 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) of data demonstrating Baxter’s candidate avian influenza (H5N1) vaccine, CELVAPAN, met Phase I/II trial endpoints for safety and immunogenicity (generating a functional immune response).
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Jun 10th 2008Drug InformationBird Flu
Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:AEMD) announced that the Aethlon Hemopurifier® has proven effective in capturing the reconstructed Spanish Flu of 1918 virus (1918rv). During in vitro testing, high concentrations of 1918rv were rapidly depleted from cell culture fluid when circulated through the Hemopurifier®.
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Jun 10th 2008Drug InformationBird Flu
Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) issued the following statement on the release of The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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Jun 10th 2008Drug InformationBird Flu
Following confirmation of the avian influenza virus subtype as H7N7, the Health Protection Agency has reviewed actions taken in the Oxfordshire poultry farm outbreak.Based on the best evidence available from national flu experts, the Agency remains confident that all necessary steps are being taken to protect those people who may have been exposed to the virus on the premises or who are involved in disease control activities.
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Jun 10th 2008Drug InformationBird Flu
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the province of New Brunswick and the province of Prince Edward Island invite owners of small or backyard poultry flocks to attend an information session on how to help prevent and detect poultry diseases, such as avian influenza. New BrunswickArea bird owners and the general public are welcome to drop in from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
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Jun 10th 2008Drug InformationBird Flu
The Government of Canada is committed to protecting the health of Canada’s domestic poultry flocks from avian influenza (AI) viruses. That is why this Government is enhancing its AI surveillance for commercial poultry flocks in Canada. This program is one of a number of domestic and international initiatives that have been implemented to prevent, detect and eliminate the presence of harmful AI viruses in Canada’s domestic poultry flock.
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Jun 1st 2008Drug InformationBird Flu
eFoodSafety.com, Inc. applauds the European Commission’s marketing authorization in the European Union of GlaxoSmithKline’s (”GSK”) H5N1 pre-pandemic bird flu vaccine Prepandrix?.
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