WHO Investigates Cases Of H1N1 Drug Resistance In U.S., Britain
Story Summary: In a second story, Reutersexamines a Chinese health officials recent warnings that the country be alert for the mixing of the H1N1 virus with the H5N1 (bird flu) virus, resulting in a more deadly virus. However, under the current timeline, the plant still needs to be licensed by the Food and Drug Administration and likely wont be producing flushots for the U. S. market until at least 2013. But Novartis officials said the plant could be brought online in two years if licensed under emergency procedures, the newspaper writes (Dooren, 11/24). In a second story, the Wall Street Journalexamines the U. S. s recent attempts to boost vaccine output: After more than five years and about $2 billion in government spending, the U. S. is still struggling to modernize and speed up production of vaccinations against deadly pandemics like swine flu. The plant has other advantages: If a deadly avian-flu virus hit, it could kill scores of chickens and endanger the supply of eggs needed to make vaccine the old-fashioned way. The article includes further information about the cell-culture technology and comments about vaccine development by Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, whose institute is spending $262 million this year on influenza research, including research on a new generation of vaccines that can be made without having to grow a virus, the newspaper writes (McKay/Whalen, 11/25). 200M H1N1 Vaccines To Go To Africa, WHO Announces During Meeting Of African LeadersRepresentatives from the WHO and leaders from Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Ghana, Tanzania and Niger are participating in the five-day inter-country workshop to determine the best approach to deploy the new H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine and other ancillary supplies, This Dayreports (Nwezeh, 11/24). Any medical information published on this website is not intended as a substitute for informed medical advice and you should not take any action before consulting with a health care professional….Read the Full Story
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