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Pharma Needs to Step Up & Help Develop a Universal Flu Vaccine
Discussion with Ian Wilson").It's great to be a small part of the history of virology, but it would be even better if that history eventually includes the successful development of a universal vaccine for the flu. And this is where the drug industry needs to step in according to Bloomberg View:"[T]he government has limited means and little product-development experience. Making a new vaccine typically takes a decade and can cost $1 billion. A project of that size is better suited to large pharmaceutical companies. Most, however, have been loath to seriously invest in new vaccines, which offer low returns."Given this market...
Source: Pharma Marketing Blog - January 29, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Tags: Vaccine Flu Source Type: blogs
Avian influenza (bird flu)
My local park has notices up about an outbreak. Here are sources of latest official information (for the UK). Travel related information is at the end of the post. In addition to the sites below try your local authority ' s website.Animal and Plant Health Agency reports relating to wild birdsDEFRA and APHA, preliminary outbreak assessment, for Europe, Russia and the UK - includes Weekly disease reportsDEFRA and APHA, guidanceDepartment of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland), Avian influenzaHealth and Safety Executive, Avian influenza(PDF) (information particularly for those i...
Source: Browsing - January 26, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: avian influenza Source Type: blogs
Avian influenza in East Yorkshire
I imagine this post will get a lot of editing! I will put new information (added since I first posted) in bold. Last updated at 1822 on 17th November 2014.According to the BBC, a duck farm in East Yorkshire has had a confirmed case of bird flu. At the time of writing, the BBC are reporting that it is not H5N1, but not what it is. BBC World News this morning (Monday, as shown on BBC2) was reporting that there is a current outbreak in Hekendorp in the Netherlands.The government has updated its avian influenza advice today (17th November).This next paragraph is dependent on my Dutch being good, ...
Source: Browsing - November 17, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: avian influenza Source Type: blogs
Avian influenza (H5N8)
There are reminders in the news that other infectious diseases carry on, with reports of outbreaks of H5N8 avian influenza in wild birds and on farms.A few resources (more may follow):UK government advice on avian influenza, with updates on the latest situation.NHSA flu diary - blog kept by Michael Coston. There is a post from yesterday describing an outbreak in North Yorkshire, and one from the 11th November about other cases, so scan the posts.
Source: Browsing - November 30, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: avian influenza H5N8 Source Type: blogs
Avian influenza in the Netherlands - new case in Zouterwoude
I get daily emails from Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. So De Volkskrant is the first place that I saw reports of another outbreak of avian influenza in the Netherlands. The outbreak is in Zoeterwoude (South Holland, south of Leiden), Exactly which strain of the virus it is is not yet known, with results expected tomorrow (Monday).Read the article (in Dutch).The article mentions (if my Dutch is ok!) that this is the fifth case, with five businesses affected, but names only four places - Hekendorp, Ter Aar, Kamperveen and now Zouterwoude. The NOS says that there were two businesses affecte...
Source: Browsing - November 30, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: avian influenza Source Type: blogs
Avian influenza virus transmission experiments proceed, as they should
The decision by the US government to allow the resumption of experiments on aerosol transmission of avian influenza viruses has once again raised the hackles of some individuals who feel that the work is too risky. I disagree with their view on this work. Science reports that ‘Controversial lab studies that modify bird flu viruses […]
Source: virology blog - April 5, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Commentary aerosol transmission avian influenza ferret fouchier gain of function H5N1 kawaoka viral virus viruses Source Type: blogs
More about avian influenza
The UK government has updated its advice (adding an interactive map so you can see if you are in a restriction zone - the information at the end of the page will tell you what has changed).There is also an official news item about the incident (with a link at the end to the DEFRA announcement). Most newspapers and news sources look to be covering the story today, but these look worth mentioning:British Veterinary Association and British Veterinary Poultry AssociationNational Farmers' UnionWebMDNHS Choices has information about avian flu (although nothing has been added yet in the light of the incident in East Yorkshire).No...
Source: Browsing - November 18, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: avian influenza Source Type: blogs
Fouchier vs the Dutch government on influenza H5N1 research
From Martin Enserink at ScienceInsider:
Virologist Ron Fouchier has suffered a loss in a legal battle with the Dutch government over the publication of his controversial H5N1 influenza research. On Friday, a Dutch district court ruled that the government was right to ask Fouchier to obtain an export license before sending two hotly debated papers out for publication.
Readers of this blog will remember the furor sparked by Fouchier’s experiments in 2011 in which he developed an avian influenza H5N1 isolate that could transmit among ferrets by aerosol. When Fouchier was ready to publish the results, the Dutch governmen...
Source: virology blog - September 27, 2013 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Commentary Information aerosol avian influenza H5N1 biological weapon Erasmus MC export license ferret fouchier transmission viral virus Source Type: blogs
Avian influenza (Vogelgriep)
Just discovered this official Dutch government site, in (of course) Dutch, which has a complete record of the affected sites in the Netherlands, (go to Overzicht or Inhoud, then Locaties vogelgriep), as well as news and links to official publications. As well as sites where the virus has been found, it also lists places that have been investigated but nothing found, so not every place listed has had the virus.I can find nothing new about avian influenza in the UK. The UK government site about the discovery of the virus in Yorkshire was updated today (3rd December) but that seems to be relating to rules ab...
Source: Browsing - December 3, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: avian influenza Source Type: blogs
Why Big Pharma is bad for your health
Just take one and you’ll feel better. Promise (Image from shutterstock).On Wednesday I came down with a stinking cold. Loaded up with all the cold and ‘flu medication I could find on the pharmacist’s shelves I headed into the office where I found on my desk a pre-ordered copy of Ben Goldacre’s new book Bad Pharma: How drug companies mislead doctors and harm patients.I had read and enjoyed Goldacre’s previous book ‘Bad Science‘, an accessible and entertaining exploration of the world of medicine. I have not touched a homeopathic sugar pill or written an ill-informed scientific article since. Not that...
Source: PharmaGossip - September 22, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
The Morning Flap: January 8, 2013
These are my links for January 7th through January 8th:
Hospital Opens Emergency Tent in Midst of Increasing Flu Cases – It’s the most miserable time of the year for many people in the area. Flu season is in full effect and this one in particular is shaping up to be more extreme than usual.The State Department of Health reports that four Pennsylvanians have already died of complications from the influenza virus.In response to the early start of flu season, the Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest had to open an emergency space to care for the increased number of people with flu-like symptoms.The hospital tells NBC10...
Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog - January 8, 2013 Category: Dentists Authors: Flap Tags: Pinboard Links The Morning Flap #tcot Brennan Budget CIA Cramer Flu Giffords GOP Guns Hagel Harry Reid Influenza Obamacare Source Type: blogs
Silent Killers Amidst The Fast And The Furious
Attention to Ebola is important. The virus’s ability to easily cross regional and national borders makes it a significant threat to global health and national security. The swift and aggressive international response to the 2014 outbreak of the Ebola virus, which has killed at least 10,000 people in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, has been laudable and has resulted in positive outcomes, such as reduced disease transmission and strengthened global health and coordination systems.
For example, staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, including those from various divisions at the Na...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - May 7, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Karen R. Siegel, K.M. Venkat Narayan and Christine Hancock Tags: Costs and Spending Featured Global Health Public Health chronic disease Diabetes Ebola H1N1 Source Type: blogs
Weekly Posting of CDC Flu Reports to Resume
From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Public Health News Roundup:
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported late yesterday that it has resumed analysis of influenza surveillance data and testing of influenza laboratory specimens collected during the 16-day government shut-down. An abbreviated FluView report summarizing the data for the most recent week (October 6-12) will be posted on Friday, October 18. At a later date, reports summarizing influenza surveillance data for September 22-October 5 will also be posted. Weekly Friday posting of the full FluView report for the 2013-2014 season ...
Source: BHIC - October 18, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Naomi Gonzales Tags: General Public Health Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 and Opening the Country: Lessons from 1918 Philadelphia
By CHADI NABHAN, MD, MBA, FACP
Everyone has an opinion on whether and when we should open
the country. Never in the history of America have we had so many “correct”
theories and experts to pontificate on a new pandemic. But somehow, few seem to
recall history or attempt to learn from it.
Over a century ago, almost 100 million people out of a world population of 1.8 billion lost their lives to the so-called “Spanish Flu”. At 8.5 million casualties, the death toll from World War I pales in comparison. In the US alone, we lost over 675,000 people in one year to this pandemic. In fact, we lost more people to the ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: COVID-19 Health Policy Chadi Nabhan Pandemic Philadelphia Spanish Flu Source Type: blogs
