Bird Flu / Avian Flu News From Medical News TodayLatest Bird Flu / Avian Flu News From Medical News Today.Pandemic Research Receives $1.6M Funding Boost- July 30, 2008 Densely populated cities and increased air travel can be factors which create and spread pandemic disease. But a McMaster University researcher is working with isolated Hutterite communities to understand the transmission of pandemic diseases like influenza. Dr. Mark Loeb and his research team have received $1.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116518.php More Investment In International Surveillance Of Infectious Diseases Vital To Prevent Future Pandemics - Lords Committee, UK- July 23, 2008 An influential Lords Committee have today reported that a new and potentially deadly infectious disease emerges somewhere in the world every year and it is vital that there is more investment in international surveillance if pandemics are to be avoided.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115766.php Inovio Biomedical's First Proprietary DNA Vaccine Achieves 100% Protection Against Avian Flu In Pre-Clinical Testing- July 19, 2008 Inovio Biomedical Corporation (AMEX:INO), a leader in enabling the development of DNA vaccines using a proprietary electroporation-based DNA delivery platform, announced recently pre-clinical results from two proprietary plasmid DNA-based universal influenza vaccine candidates using the company's proprietary electroporation delivery technology and, specifically, a new intradermal device.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115517.php Vical Announces Breakthrough For Pandemic Influenza DNA Vaccines With Preliminary Human Data- July 18, 2008 Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq: VICL) announced a breakthrough with preliminary clinical trial data demonstrating that DNA vaccines can safely achieve significant immune responses against H5N1 pandemic influenza in humans.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115420.php Indiana Health Officials Examine State's Pandemic Influenza Ethics Planning- July 18, 2008 Information relevant to Indiana's current pandemic influenza preparedness plan was presented July 16 during a symposium convened by the Indiana State Department of Health and the Indiana University Center for Bioethics, "The Ethics of Pandemic Influenza Planning in Indiana: What Have We Done andhttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115402.php Possible Future Avian Influenza Pandemic May Be Eased By Booster Vaccination- July 17, 2008 New evidence suggests that a booster vaccination against H5N1 avian influenza given years after initial vaccination with a different strain may prove useful in controlling a potential future pandemic. The study is published in the August 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online. H5N1 continues to pose a major health risk to birds and humans.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115356.php Newly Described "Dragon" Protein Could Be Key To Bird Flu Cure- July 16, 2008 Scientists and researchers have taken a big step closer to a cure for the most common strain of avian influenza, or "bird flu," the potential pandemic that has claimed more than 200 lives and infected nearly 400 people in 14 countries since it was identified in 2003. Researchers at the U.S.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115121.php Vical To Present Phase 1 Data For Vaxfectin(R)-Formulated Pandemic Influenza DNA Vaccines- July 15, 2008 Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq: VICL) announced the scheduled presentation of preliminary human safety and immunogenicity data from a Phase 1 trial of the company's Vaxfectin(R)-formulated H5N1 pandemic influenza DNA vaccines on Thursday, July 17, at the IBC Life Sciences Next Generation Vaccines conference (National Harbor, MD - July 17-18). Vical's Vice President of Vaccine Research, Larry R. Smith, Ph.D.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114937.php Report Offers Resources For Home Health Care Response During A Flu Pandemic- July 9, 2008 Home Health Care During an Influenza Pandemic: Issues and Resources, a report identifying home health care as a critical component in providing care during a pandemic influenza event and offering resources to home health care providers and community planners to prepare for such an event, was released today by the U.S.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114296.php Pandemic Planning Complicated By Political Borders, Health-Care Issues- July 8, 2008 Panic, staffing issues and geographic boundaries are some of the challenges that public health experts need to address as they plan for a possible influenza pandemic, according to a new report from Purdue University.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114213.php |