USDA TO MAKE INFLUENZA A H1N1 ISOLATE AVAILABLE TO LICENSED VETERINARY BIOLOGICS MANUFACTURERS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SWINE INFLUENZA VACCINE *** Authors Note: Past outbreaks have occurred next to such labs. Is Fort Collins going to have a massive outbreak of the Swine Flu? They do not mention Fort Collins specifically in the article, however, Fort […]

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$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 […]

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‘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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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GPs urged to find children without measles jabs http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/NURSE/908470/GPs-urged-find-children-without-measles-jabs/ 27-May-09 GPs are being urged to search their practice lists for any children who have not been vaccinated against measles, in an attempt to boost poor MMR uptake levels. Speaking at the Primary Care 2009 conference in Birmingham last week, Dr Rosemary McCann, consultant in communicable […]

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Managing and Reducing Uncertainty in an Emerging Influenza Pandemic http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMp0904380 Published at www.nejm.org May 27, 2009 (10.1056/NEJMp0904380) Marc Lipsitch, D.Phil., Steven Riley, D.Phil., Simon Cauchemez, Ph.D., Azra C. Ghani, Ph.D., and Neil M. Ferguson, D.Phil. The early phases of an epidemic present decision makers with predictable challenges1 that have been evident as the current novel […]

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New study warns over pandemic flu vaccine 6-month time lag http://health.taragana.net/articles/new-study-warns-over-pandemic-flu-vaccine-6-month-time-lag/ April 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON – It will take at least six months to come up with an effective vaccine in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak, scientists have warned. Dr Iain Stephenson, Consultant in Infectious Diseases at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and a […]

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Mystery of potentially fatal reaction to smallpox vaccine unraveled http://health.taragana.net/articles/mystery-of-potentially-fatal-reaction-to-smallpox-vaccine-unraveled/ May 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON – A husband-wife scientific team from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology have identified the cellular defect that makes eczema sufferers more prone to eczema vaccinatum, a severe and potentially fatal reaction to the smallpox vaccine. Doctors Toshiaki and […]

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Tastes like yogurt? It’s a vaccine http://health.taragana.net/articles/tastes-like-yogurt-its-a-vaccine/ March 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON – Instead of dreaded injections, getting vaccinated against disease may become as tasty as drinking a yogurt smoothie. A researcher from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has developed a new oral vaccine using probiotics, the healthy bacteria found in dairy products like […]

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4-year-old dies after polio drops http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/4-year-old-dies-after-polio-drops/articleshow/4577034.cms 25 May 2009, 2320 hrs IST, TNN new delhi : A four-year-old child allegedly died after being administered Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) on Sunday. After his condition deteriorated, Ashish, a resident of Todapur village near Patel Nagar, was rushed to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where he was declared brought […]

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Do we live in a blame the parent culture? Vaccines vs SBS. http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/103607 By Christina England May 24, 2009 In the USA at the end of last year premature twins were born, one of which was very weak and ill with many health problems. For days his little life hung in the balance as he […]

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Doctors signed Merck’s Vioxx studies http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25311725-5013871,00.html Milanda Rout | April 09, 2009 Article from: The Australian SCIENTISTS were allegedly recruited by a pharmaceutical giant to put their names on research done by the drug company to promote the safety of its anti-arthritis drug Vioxx. The Federal Court has heard that Merck & Co “prepared and […]

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Merck Settles Clean Water Act Violations at its Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Plant http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2007/December/07_enrd_1000.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV Merck Settles Clean Water Act Violations at its Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Plant WASHINGTON—Merck, the global pharmaceutical research company, has agreed to resolve violations of federal and state water pollution control regulations arising […]

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Depopulation Linked Merck Pharma Announces “Philanthropic Initiative” in Africa http://www.truthnews.us/?p=899 Kurt Nimmo TruthNews November 19, 2007 CSRwire reports: The Merck Company Foundation announced today a $2.8 million commitment to establish two new immunization training centers in Uganda and Zambia and to expand the Foundation’s support of two existing centers in Kenya and Mali as part […]

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