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First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 31 mins ago - 5 reports

Tunisia confirms 2 cases of SARS-like virus

Tunisia has notified the World Health Organisation (WHO) of two laboratory-confirmed cases and a probable case of infection with the SARS-like virus novel coronavirus (nCoV).The two laboratory confirmed cases are a 34-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman. ... [Published Trade Arabia - 31 mins ago]

Entities: Infection, Tunisia, World Health Organization, Virus

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 13 reports

China’s Bird Flu Outbreak Cost Industry Losses of $6.5bn

The new strain of bird flu is reported to have infected 130 people in mainland China since emerging in March, including 35 who died, but no cases have been detected since early May, said Chinese health minister Li Bin at a World Health Organisation meeting ... [Published Economy Watch - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Bird Flu, China, H7N9, Li Bin

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 8 reports

World 'not ready for mass flu outbreak'

The deputy chief of the World Health Organisation has warned that the world is unprepared for a massive virus outbreak, amid fears that the H7N9 bird flu could mutate into a form that spreads easily among people.Keiji Fukuda told delegates at a WHO meeting ... [Published Radio TV Hong Kong - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Influenza, Bird Flu, H7N9, World Health Organization, Keiji Fukuda

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 reports

ABPI to take lead role in representing vaccine industry

Release date- 21052013 - The ABPI is delighted to announce that it will now represent the vaccine industry to Government and healthcare stakeholders.A new ABPI Vaccine Group has been formed today and will work in partnership with the public health community ... [Published Equities.com - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Vaccine, Health Care, Stephen Whitehead, Public Health

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 reports

£74m of bird flu drug thrown away in UK

UKs department of health decided to throw away 74m of Tamiflu at the height of a flu pandemic. Margaret Hodge, chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, said taxpayers money had been squandered. She said: There is simply no excuse for this waste. UK ... [Published New Europe - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Tamiflu, Bird Flu, United Kingdom, Drugs, Pandemic

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 4 reports

Javid Iqbal

No dengue case in Punjab at present

There is no confirmed case of dengue in Punjab at present, though three confirmed patients of dengue were reported in the province during the last five months out of which two belonged to Faisalabad and one to Lahore.Dengue tests of 398 suspected patients ... [Published The News International - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Dengue Fever, Lahore, Raja Aziz Bhatti, Javid Iqbal

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 4 reports

Kaiser Permanente

Recommended Pertussis Vaccine is Less Effective

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Whole-cell vaccines for pertussis have been found to be up to four times as effective as the acellular vaccine, the recommended vaccine since the late 1990s.Researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center observed over ... [Published Medical Breakthroughs - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Pertussis, Vaccine, Kaiser Permanente

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 4 reports

If measles vaccine found spurious: The guilty will be jailed, warns LHC

LAHORE, May 21: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday warned the Punjab health authorities of strict action if vaccine for measles was found to be spurious.The court was hearing a petition against measles-related deaths due to alleged negligence of the government ... [Published DAWN Group - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Vaccine, Drone, Petitioner, Lahore High Court

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 7 reports

Vaccine targets Schmallenberg virus

The lambing season is drawing to a close, but not all have made it through the spring.Many have succumbed to Schmallenberg virus which emerged in the Netherlands and Germany in 2011 and has been seen in cattle and sheep in the UK since early 2012.Adult ... [Published itv.com - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Schmallenberg (Germany), Vaccine, Virus

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 33 reports

Livestock producers urged to discuss Schmallenberg

Scottish livestock farmers now have access to a vaccine to help protect sheep and cattle against birth defects in their young caused by the Schmallenberg Virus (SBV).The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has issued the veterinary pharmaceutical company ... [Published Carrick Gazette - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Virus, Livestock, Vaccine, Cattle

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 14 reports

Estimates reveal low population immunity to new bird flu virus H7N9 in humans

The level of immunity to the recently circulating H7N9 influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population level study to examine human immunity to the virus, which was previously only found in birds. ... [Published Medical Xpress - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Virus, Immunity, H7N9, Antibody

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 6 reports

Increase in HIV infections among Navajo prompt fears of epidemic

An increase in HIV infections among the Navajo people in Gallup, N.M. has the medical community concerned over a possible epidemic, the New York Times reported.Among the reservation’s population, 47 new cases of HIV were diagnosed in 2012, which is a ... [Published FOXNews.com - 21 hours ago]

Entities: HIV/AIDS, Epidemic, Indian Health Service, infections

Quotes

"The only way to identify if the vaccines actually protect against HIV Aids is in a large Phase III trial with thousands of volunteers who are at risk of HIV infection" Dr Francis Kiweewa, head of research and scientific affairs at MUWRP, said

Uganda to Conduct Another HIV Vaccine Trial [Published AllAfrica.com - 5 mins ago]

Howard Archer, economist at IHS Global Insight, said: "April's marked drop in inflation to a seven-month low of 2.4% is very welcome news, providing significant relief for both consumers and the Bank of England."

Price at pumps aids inflation drop [Published RAC - 48 mins ago]

...associated with cold chain storage and distribution," stated Christopher J Schaber, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Soligenix. "We expect that the introduction of an effective technology for long-term stabilization of vaccines has the potential to be a major advance in the national effort to develop effective countermeasures and therapies for significant biothreats and emerging pathogens. We have initiated discussions with a number of vaccine companies and non-profit organizations regarding the potential for collaboration on heat stable versions of their vaccine candidates."

Soligenix Announces Issuance of US Patent for its ThermoVax(TM) Technology [Published Zecco - 52 mins ago]

"At present, we have limited information on how the virus presents itself. But going by the fact that all confirmed cases of MERS-CoV have had some link to the Middle East, it is time that the Health Department issued an alert to all doctors and health field workers to keep a close watch on patients with any respiratory illness, who might have a recent travel history to the Middle East" a public health official said

RGCB starts corona virus surveillance [Published The Hindu - 2 hours ago]

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Dengue kills 6-year-old [Published Visayan Daily Star - 3 hours ago]

Blogs

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China’s Bird Flu Outbreak Cost Industry Losses ... [Published Economy Watch - 1 hour ago] The new strain of bird flu is reported to have infected 130 people in mainland China since emerging in March, including 35 who died, but no cases have been detected since early May, said Chinese health minister Li Bin at a World Health Organisation meeting ...
Researchers Use Bacteria to Stop Malaria [Published CropBiotech Update - 2 hours ago] A research conducted at Michigan State University (MSU) shows that malaria transmission from mosquitoes to humans can be interrupted by the bacteria Woolbachia. The bacteria acts like a vaccine for the insects, protecting them from malaria parasites. ...
Scientists Develop Biotech Soybean to Fight AIDS [Published CropBiotech Update - 2 hours ago] Scientists at Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) in Brazil are developing a biotech soybean that can produce an anti-viral protein that can be used to fight human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The biotech soybean produces cyanovirin-N, ...
Yang: WHO subdued over Middle Eastern nations’ ... [Published H5N1 - 7 hours ago] Via The Star, Jennifer Yang reports from WHA: WHO subdued over Middle Eastern nations’ handling of coronavirus. Excerpt:This week at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, WHO praised China for its “extraordinary” response to a recent bird flu outbreak. ...
H7N9 bird flu outbreak costs more than $6.5 bil... [Published H5N1 - 9 hours ago] Via The Star: H7N9 bird flu outbreak costs more than $6.5 billion so far: UN.The H7N9 virus appears to have been brought under control in China largely due to restrictions at bird markets, but caused some $6.5 billion in losses to the economy, UN experts ...

Audio/Video

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Conversations With America: Celebrating Ten Yea... [Published US Department of State - YouTube Channel - 20 hours ago]
Ask a CDC expert about HIV among young people, ... [Published CDC Streaming Health - YouTube - May 20 2013]
Role of NGO's in Fighting HIV/AIDS [Published ABN Digital - YouTube - May 20 2013]
WHO tracks new coronavirus to Middle East [Published CNN.com - Video - May 16 2013]
HIV/AIDS 101 [Published CDC Streaming Health - YouTube - May 16 2013]

Press Releases

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iBio Technology Produces Vaccine Candidate for ... [Published PR Newswire: Health - 26 mins ago]
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