Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer today issued a timely reminder to elderly and vulnerable people to stock up on prescriptions, register for the free flu jab and wrap up warm over the festive period.
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore will begin a clinical trial in January to test the first cell culture-based pandemic influenza vaccine to see if it will provide immunity faster and more reliably than a vaccine produced in eggs. The new study is also the first test in the United States of a whole virus vaccine for avian influenza, which could produce a stronger response by the immune system.
Breast Cancer Action (BCA) released a report today, in conjunction with a poster presentation at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, on the side effects of aromatase inhibitors (AIs). The report, “Side Effects Revealed: Women’s Experiences with Aromatase Inhibitors,” analyzes 612 women’s responses to an online survey of the drugs’ side effects.
Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) today commended the federal government’s progress in executing 92 percent of the six month benchmarks in the national pandemic preparedness implementation plan.
PENNY TAYLOR, RN, practical nursing instructor at BROWN MACKIE COLLEGE in Findlay, Ohio, can discuss preventive measures to stop the spread of cold germs during the winter: “The most troublesome health concern for the general public during winter is the spread of pathogens due to coughing into hands and then touching surfaces, such as doorknobs and tabletops.
Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced a new guide for Illinois schools that provides them the tools they need to proactively plan and prepare for a pandemic flu outbreak. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) jointly prepared the School Guidance During an Influenza Pandemic document.
Trust for America?s Health (TFAH) today released the fourth annual ?Ready or Not? Protecting the Public?s Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism,? which found that five years after the September 11 th and anthrax tragedies, emergency health preparedness is still inadequate in America.
South Korea has confirmed its third outbreak in three weeks of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu after about 4,000 quail died at a southern farm.
The International donor community today pledged $475 million to fight bird flu after a senior United Nations official warned them that the virus, with its possible mutation into a deadly human pandemic, remains a potent threat around the world.
A nationwide blue-ribbon panel of health care experts recommends that hospital plans for a surge of disaster victims should begin with a strategy to empty their beds of relatively healthier patients.