Showing posts with label NIAID. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NIAID. Show all posts
Sunday, September 08, 2013

Nature: Animal Testing Of Drug Combo Shows Potential For Treating MERS

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Coronavirus – Credit CDC PHIL     # 7743   One of the more worrisome aspects of the recent emergence of MERS coronavirus ha...
Friday, January 25, 2013

NIH Statement On Lifting Of The H5N1 Research Moratorium

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  # 6883     Just over a year ago, in response to safety concerns raised by biosecurity experts over certain types of H5N1 resear...
Saturday, December 15, 2012

ECDC Influenza Virus Characterization

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# 6784   The only constant with influenza viruses is their ability to change over time. Since immune systems can learn to rec...
Monday, October 01, 2012

NIAID Video: Tracking Ebola In The Congo

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    # 6601   Once again, Ebola has been in the news this summer with outbreaks both in Uganda (see here & here ) and the Democ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

NIAID Video: How Influenza Pandemics Occur

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      # 6581   NIAID , the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has recently released a 3 1/2 minute video tha...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

NIAID Video: Antigenic Drift

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    # 6288     NIAID , part of the NIH , has just released a short ( 3 minute ) video that nicely illustrates how flu viruses c...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

NIH: Any Combo Of Prime-Boost Flu Vaccine Protects Toddlers

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    # 5759     Children 6 months of age or older, who have never received a flu vaccine before, are recommended to receive a prim...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

NIH: Phase I Trials Of A Dengue Vaccine

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      # 4797     Dengue Fever has received a fair amount of coverage here in this blog, and has become a major component of Crof...
Friday, July 16, 2010

NIH: Progress Towards A Universal Flu Vaccine

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      # 4729     For vaccinologists, coming up with a universal flu shot – one that didn’t have to be reformulated with new anti...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

NIAID: 2009 H1N1 Vaccine Protects Mice Against 1918 Flu Virus

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    # 4949     For quite some time we’ve recognized that many of those born before – say, 1957 – have some level of immunity a...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

NIH: Rapid Development Of Antiviral Resistance In Two Cases

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    # 4464     Victories over continually evolving pathogens are often fleeting at best.   No sooner do researchers release a new ...
Wednesday, December 09, 2009

PBS: Anatomy Of A Pandemic

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    # 4140   Two of the finest communicators on influenza that I know of are Dr. Anne Schuchat , the Director of the CDC ’s ( NCIRD ...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Study: Protective Immune Memory In Healthy Adults

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    # 4022   One of the ongoing mysteries surrounding the H1N1 pandemic is why some older adults seem to have limited immunity to...
Monday, November 02, 2009

HHS Science Briefing

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    # 3935   The HHS has just concluded a science briefing held with Dr. Anne Schuchat , Director of of the CDC's National Cent...