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Response to Comment on “Seroevidence for H5N1 Influenza Infections in Humans: Meta-Analysis”

(Science Careers Blog) We would like to respond to several points made in the comment by Van Kerkhove et al. regarding our recently published meta-analysis of seroevidence for H5N1 influenza virus infections in humans. Taking into account only four of the countries with documented avian influenza H5N1 infections—Vietnam, Indonesia, Egypt, and China—there is a cumulative  Read More »

Avian flu viruses which are transmissible between humans could evolve in nature

(University of Cambridge) It might be possible for human-to-human airborne transmissible avian H5N1 influenza viruses to evolve in nature, new research has found. The findings, from research led by Professor Derek Smith and Dr Colin Russell at the University of Cambridge, were published today, 22 June in the journal Science. Currently, avian H5N1 influenza, also  Read More »

New U.S. Organizations to Support Bioterrorism Medical Preparations

(Global Security Newswire) Several organizations launched in the United States on Monday are intended to harness government and independent resources in preparing and producing medical products for treating deliberate and natural disease outbreaks, the Health and Human Services Department said. The Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing would supply the nation’s “first major  Read More »

The Story Behind the Death of Smallpox

(MedPage Today) Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was suffering from the prodrome of smallpox the day he gave the Gettysburg Address? Did you know that the numerically superior American forces failed to win the Battle of Quebec against the British in December 1775, thereby preventing Canada from becoming part of the United States, in  Read More »

United States launches three biodefence centres

(Nature News Blog) The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today awarded contracts for the creation of three new centres tasked with responding to the threat of future pandemics and biological attacks. To be based in Maryland, North Carolina and Texas, the three centres are comprised of academic and industry consortia whose role  Read More »

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