Health experts to weigh bird-flu vaccine
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The government is weighing approval of a bird flu vaccine that a new analysis found is even less effective than previously thought.
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Chiron Corp. has asked British regulators to inspect its facility producing an experimental bird flu vaccine to make sure it doesn&#39;t run into the same contamination problems
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The World Health Organisation has said it is concerned about the world&#39;s first probable human to human transmission of the bird flu virus.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - Data for Sanofi-Aventis' experimental bird flu vaccine support its safety and effectiveness for use in the event of a widespread outbreak, a U.S. advisory panel said on Tuesday.
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Virus expert says government must order vaccination of livestock.
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Experts in Turkey are checking whether a bird flu outbreak in the south east of the country is the H5N1 virus strain.
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The World Health Organization (news - web sites) (WHO) on Thursday pressed drug makers to accelerate work on a vaccine against a dreaded influenza pandemic which could kill millions of people.
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US health authorities seeking desperately to overcome a massive shortage of flu vaccine in that country are in discussions with Canada&#39;s major influenza vaccine producer, the company confirmed today.
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The U.S. government has released a draft report on who should be first in line for a vaccine if an avian flu pandemic strikes. And some tech workers are near the top of the list.
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Data on Sanofi-Aventis' experimental bird flu vaccine shows higher doses worked better, but it is unclear whether those results prove the product's effectiveness, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff said in documents released on Monday.
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British and American drug regulators met yesterday to see what could be done about the stopped batches of flu vaccines at Chiron&#39;s Liverpool production plant, UK.
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Merck &amp; Co. Inc.&#039;s vaccine to prevent  the world&#039;s most prevalent sexually transmitted infection  sailed through a panel of U.S. health experts, despite early  fears of opposition from the Christian Right that it might lead  to promiscuity and a false sense of security.
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Health authorities across the country meet today to discuss stepping up measures against the bird flu, in the wake of possible signs of human-to-human transmission of the lethal virus.
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Poultry experts are turning to  sophisticated computer imaging to help them prepare for the  expected arrival of the deadly bird flu virus in the United  States later this year.
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Leading infectious disease experts called on Wednesday for the separate stockpiling of additives, or adjuvants, to help boost the effectiveness of vaccines to fight the next flu pandemic.
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Hawaii health officials and local health care providers plan to meet today to discuss how to handle the flu vaccine shortage, as US officials scramble to combat the nationwide problem.
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GENEVA -- Bird flu expert Dr. Margaret Chan was selected Wednesday as the world's top health official, making her the first Chinese national chosen for such a high-ranking U.N. post, delegates said.