Posts Tagged ‘H1N1’
Test your flu preparedness
Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 12:35 am 2 Comments | Post a CommentThe H1N1 virus that fueled the 2009/2010 flu pandemic was less deadly than initially feared, but it carried enough punch to infect more than 1.4 million and kill about 25,000 worldwide.
Dr. Anne Schuchat
Also, five months after the World Health Organization declared the end of the pandemic, the virus lives on as part of the seasonal flu. In the United Kingdom, the season geared up with an outbreak caused by the H1N1 virus that emerged in 2009.
With the flu season upon the U.S., Duke University invited Dr. Anne Schuchat, U.S. assistant surgeon general, to talk about influenza preparedness at its winter forum. The two-day forum starts at the beginning of the semester and allows about 100 undergraduate students to work through a global issue and what people can do about it.
Schuchat, who kicked off the forum Sunday, spoke about the intense media attention during the pandemic and how vital information sharing and transparency was in the public health response. Her talk inspired these questions and answers to test your flu preparedness. Read more…
In Holly Springs, Novartis leaves chicken out of flu vaccine recipe
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 8:22 am 1 Comment | Post a CommentThe flu vaccine manufacturing plant that Novartis is about to finish about 20 miles southwest of North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park promises better and faster protection for humans without the carnage to chicken offspring.
UNC infectious disease experts call CDC "ineffectual" in handling the H1N1 pandemic
Thursday, November 19, 2009, 4:43 am No Comments | Post a CommentHow well has North Carolina responded to the H1N1 flu pandemic?
Infectious disease experts in the Triangle, home to two university medical centers, and state public health officials said they have struggled dealing with the virus (photo at right).
At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, some medical students working with flu patients had a hard time getting the vaccine even though UNC hospitals at the time encouraged staff to get immunized, one of the students said at a gathering of public health experts Thursday at the N.C. Biotechnology Center. Read more…
RTP Weekahead 11/16
Sunday, November 15, 2009, 5:08 pm No Comments | Post a CommentEvents taking place the week of Nov. 16 in the Research Triangle area that are open to the public:
RTP Wrapup 9/18
Thursday, September 17, 2009, 7:13 pm No Comments | Post a CommentSalix Pharmaceuticals watches its stock soar and Pozen takes action to broaden the scope of the company while GlaxoSmithKline waits for regulatory approval of two vaccines.
