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Congress Passes Pandemic Act, Extending Funding for Project Bioshield and … – GenomeWeb

Congress Passes Pandemic Act, Extending Funding for Project Bioshield and …GenomeWebNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg stopped by the new site of the New York Genome Center at 101 Sixth Avenue in Manhattan on Tuesday. While the center did lose out on the $100 million genius school grant last year, Bloomberg dug into his own Read More »

March 7, 2013
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NIH study sheds light on role of climate in influenza transmission

(NIH/Fogarty International Center) Two types of environmental conditions — cold-dry and humid-rainy — are associated with seasonal influenza epidemics, according to an epidemiological study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s Fogarty International Center. The paper, published in PLOS Pathogens, presents a simple climate-based model that maps influenza activity globally and accounts for Read More »

March 7, 2013
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UMD study provides new clues to how flu virus spreads

(University of Maryland) People may more likely be exposed to the flu through airborne virus than previously thought, according to new research from the University of Maryland School of Public Health. The study also found that when flu patients wear a surgical mask, the release of virus in even the smallest airborne droplets can be Read More »

March 7, 2013
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Vaccine That May Help Protect Newborn Babies

(MedicalNewsToday) The underdeveloped immune systems of newborns don’t respond to most vaccines, leaving them at high risk for infections like rotavirus, pertussis (whooping cough) and pneumococcus. Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital have identified a potent compound that activates immune responses in newborns’ white blood cells substantially better than anything previously tested, and that could potentially Read More »

March 5, 2013
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New tool better estimates pandemic threats

(EurekAlert) A simple new method better assesses the risks posed by emerging zoonotic viruses (those transmissible from animals to humans), according to a study published in PLOS Medicine this week. Dr. Simon Cauchemez and colleagues from Imperial College London in the UK and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US show that Read More »