H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu News

The government spent A 424m stockpiling a drug to treat flu despite there being question marks over the effectiveness of the medicine called Tamiflu, a public spending watchdog has found.

High rates of bacterial coinfection in autopsy data from the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic suggest synergies between flu and pneumococcal disease during pandemic conditions, and highlight the importance of interventions like the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine that may mitigate the impact of a pandemic.

A novel vaccine study from South Dakota State University will headline the groundbreaking research that will be unveiled at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists' National Biotechnology Conference .

Wisconsin employers, including hospitals, nursing homes and other health care agencies, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature.

Purpose The Pirbright Institute carries out research on a number of important viral diseases of swine such as those inducing classical swine fever, foot-and-mouth disease, African swine fever and influenza.The Porcine immunologist post is aimed at strengthening fundamental research capability in the field of pig immunology and analysis of immune ... (more)

The H1N1 virus strain that caused a 2009 swine flu outbreak in humans was detected in northern elephant seals off the coast of central California.

UC Davis researchers have discovered swine flu in California elephant seals, but the marine mammals don't exhibit any large runny noses.

The Contra Costa Times cites a University of California, Davis study that finds the seals contracted the H1N1 virus back in 2010, just as the pandemic caused by the virus was winding down in humans.

The swine flu virus that caused a 2009 pandemic has been found in elephant seals off the central California coast, according to new research.

U.S. researchers said Wednesday they have detected for the first time the H1N1 virus in elephant seals off the coast of central California.

Present address: Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

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Sinovac Biotech Ltd. , a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced today that management is scheduled to present at the UBS Global Healthcare Conference in New York City.

Researchers at the Vektor state virology and bioengineering research center, based in Novosibirsk, plan to study a strain of the H7N9 flu virus, brought from China, Vektor's research and international cooperation director, Raisa Martynyuk, told Interfax.

"Own your own health," said Besser, the chief health and medical editor for ABC News and a Montclair resident, in a recent interview with The Montclair Times.

A Harris Interactive poll released Tuesday found that 44% of all adults reported getting their flu shot this past season , the second time flu shot penetration has reached that high in four years, and even more are expected to get a flu shot next season.

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Pregnant mothers' exposure to the flu was associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

NanoViricides, Inc. announced today that it has retained Ms. Meeta Vyas, a successful former CEO of a public company with significant experience advising senior executives in strategy and operations, as interim CFO.

U.S. researchers have pointed out some of the potential challenges in developing a vaccine if the H7N9 influenza reaches pandemic levels.