$46.7M in Flu Vaccine Contracts Awarded http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/467M-in-Flu-Vaccine-Contracts-Awarded-05453/ 27-May-2009 14:00 EDT The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, PA has awarded 2 contracts, worth a total of $46.7 million, to supply influenza vaccine to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. One contract went to MedImmune Vaccines Inc. of Gaithersburg, MD, which received a maximum $32.3 million firm-fixed-price, sole source contract. There was one response to the original solicitation. The date of performance completion is June 30/10 (SPM2DP-09-D-0005). Another contract went to Sanofi Pasteur [...]

‘Underlying Conditions’ May Add to Flu Worries http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/health/policy/28flu.html?_r=1&ref=health By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS Published: May 27, 2009 In announcing this week that swine flu had been implicated in the deaths of two more New Yorkers, the city’s health commissioner, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, added a by-now familiar caveat: Both of them, he said, had “underlying conditions.” He went on to enumerate a list of conditions that could aggravate the effects of swine flu and that characterize a large portion of New York’s population: diabetes, asthma, heart disease, [...]

Bioniche Represented at House of Commons Sub-Committee on Food Safety http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-28-2009/0005033710&EDATE= Company seeking endorsement of programs to reduce the risk of E. coli O157 contamination of food and water BELLEVILLE, ON, May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: BNC), a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it made representation at the House of Commons Sub-committee on Food Safety yesterday. This was an opportunity for the Company to create additional awareness of its on-farm/pre-harvest intervention to reduce the prevalence of the deadly [...]

School-based vaccine clinics planned http://www.nujournal.com/page/content.detail/id/507177.html?nav=5009 POSTED: May 27, 2009 By Fritz Busch Journal Staff Writer NEW ULM – Brown County Public Health Director Karen Moritz gave several doses of good news to Brown County commissioners Tuesday. Proposed federal funding has been earmarked for more vaccine for children, according to Moritz. “We are working with the Springfield Medical Center and partnering with American Lung Association to plan school-based, seasonal influenza immunization clinics this fall,” she wrote in her public health update. Moritz said her department continues [...]

Study: Parents who refuse vaccines put children at risk http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12448293 The Colorado research found that children who aren’t immunized against whooping cough are 23 times more likely to get it. By Jennifer Brown The Denver Post Posted:05/26/2009 01:00:00 AM MDT Children whose parents refuse to have them immunized against it are 23 times more likely to get whooping cough, according to a new study that is perhaps the most definitive yet linking vaccine refusal to disease. The Colorado study, which spanned 12 years and included [...]