NPR Shots: The CDC’s Pandemic Preps – Just In Case

A CDC scientist uses a pipette to transfer H7N9 virus into vials for sharing with partner laboratories for public health research purposes.

 

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From NPR’s Richard Knox this morning - a good look at the advance work being done by the CDC to prepare for the H7N9 virus – just in case it should mutate into a humanized virus.

 

You’ll find remarks from Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of  NIAID, along with Daniel Jernigan, Deputy Director of CDC's influenza division, on why H7N9 has public health officials on guard.

 

Well worth visiting.

 

 

Officials Prepare For Another Flu Pandemic — Just In Case

by Richard Knox - May 08, 2013 2:49 AM

 

 

For more on the CDC’s Preparedness efforts you may wish to revisit:

 

MMWR: Emergence of Avian Influenza A(H7N9)

H7N9 Preparedness: What The CDC Is Doing

Referral: Dick Knox On Cholera Vaccine Limitations In Haiti

 

 

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Dick Knox (@DickKnox on Twitter) is the Science and Health correspondent for NPR (National Public Radio), and has a good explanation today as to why deploying either of the two available cholera vaccines is unlikely to have much of an impact on the outbreak in Haiti.

 

 

Follow the link below to read:

Cholera Vaccine Isn't The Answer For Haiti