swine flu pandemic

Filed under: Company News , Healthcare , Novavax , Sanofi Aventis , Acadia Pharmaceuticals , Biovail Corp. Two weeks ago, Novavax ( NVAX ) shares soared some 10 percent after the small clinical-stage biotechnology company announced positive preclinical results for its new vaccine against H1N1 influenza. Shares jumped again today — this time about 15 percent by late-afternoon trading — after the vaccine maker announced positive results for its seasonal flu vaccine candidate in a mid

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I don’t know just how serious the coming swine flu season will be. It’s obvious no one does (even the WHO and CDC can’t agree on a message.) But I do know this: The media and the government will try to scare your patients to death. I know this because (like the raging LA wildfires) the government will provide the heat, and the media will provide the spark to ignite a seeming disaster (real or not) I know this for two reasons: First because TV news and newspapers are going through their

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ABC News Swine Flu May Be Less Dangerous Than Predicted: Study U.S. News & World Report TUESDAY, Sept

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TUESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) — Fears that the H1N1 swine flu will turn into a “superbug” this year may be unfounded, say researchers at the University of Maryland . In laboratory tests, the virus responsible for the swine flu pandemic did not take a virulent turn when combined with other strains of seasonal flu.

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Washington Post Swine flu outcompetes seasonal flu, unlikely to get more lethal Los Angeles Times A new study by Maryland researchers eases fears that the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus will recombine with seasonal flu to mutate into a more lethal form. The study, reported in the online journal PLoS Currents devoted to research on influenza, … NYC schools to offer free swine flu vaccinations The Associated Press Swine Flu Spreads Easily in Ferrets, Doesn’t Become Super Bug Bloo

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Want to know if there’s been an outbreak of swine flu or equine herpes virus in the neighborhood? There’s an app for that.

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Rob Stein Seattle Times September 1, 209 A d v e r t i s e m e n t Swine flu could infect half the U.S. population this fall and winter, hospitalizing up to 1.8 million people and causing as many as 90,000 deaths — more than double the number that occur in an average flu season, according to an estimate from a presidential panel released Monday

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Vaccine maker Sanofi Aventis said on Wednesday it will donate 100 million doses of vaccine against the new H1N1 swine flu to the World Health Organization once it gets them made. WHO can then send the vaccines to countries that need them most if it is decided to immunize people against the new strain of so-called swine flu, Sanofi Chief Executive Officer Christopher Viehbacher said. “Exceptional times require exceptional responses.

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The vaccine producer Sanofi Aventis stated this week that they will donate 100 million doses of the vaccine against the new H1N1 swine flu to the World Health Organization (WHO) for distribution. The Chief Executive officer for Sanofi, Christopher Viehbacher, stated that the organization can then send the vaccines to the countries that need them most if the decision is made to immunize people against this new strain of flu.

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Information on transmission of H1N1 among Health Care Personnel by CDC, reported in MMWR weekly June 19, 2009 / 58(23);641-645: Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infections Among Health-Care Personnel — United States, April–May 2009 This report was commented on at the very interesting blog “Effect Measure” in a recent post: Swine flu in health care workers: a first look Another interesting source of information is Science Roll. It has this post that I like to share: H1N1 Pandemic Ma

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