Department of Health and Human Services assistant secretary for preparedness and response Dr. Nicole Lurie thinks that the efforts to combat this years H1N1 flu will permanently improve the response to future pandemics.
Disaster Expert Dr. Nicole Lurie Thinks H1N1 Pandemic Will Improve Future Response
December 17th, 2009Bird and Human Flu Mixed In Lab
August 4th, 2006Researchers are now reporting that an experimental mixture of the H5N1 avian flu and the H3N2 human flu did not seem to be easily transmissable. Researchers tested the experimental hybrid strain in ferrets, whose upper respiratory tract and lungs are similar to humans.
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British Drug-Maker Reports Bird Flu Breakthrough
July 28th, 2006British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has reported that they have achieved an 80% response rate in volunteers receiving an experimental vaccine to combat the H5N1 avian influenza strain. Of importance is that the immune response was secondary to two relatively small doses of 3.8 micrograms of the antigen.
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